Delta Pilot Arrested From Cockpit in San Francisco on Suspicion of Child Sex Abuse

The pilot was removed upon landing Delta Air Lines flight 2809 from Minneapolis to San Francisco.
Delta Pilot Arrested From Cockpit in San Francisco on Suspicion of Child Sex Abuse
Pilot Rustom Bhagwagar was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on July 26, 2025. Screenshot/Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office
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A pilot was arrested from the cockpit immediately after landing a Delta Airlines flight in San Francisco on July 26, wanted on suspicion of child sex abuse.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said on July 28 that the 34-year-old pilot was arrested by detectives and booked on felony charges of sex acts with children under age 10.