LAX-Bound Flight Diverted When Passenger Attacks Flight Attendant, Air Marshal

Delta Airlines aircraft lands in Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on May 1, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—An airline passenger, arrested after his assaults on an air marshal and a flight attendant caused a Los Angeles-bound flight to be diverted to Oklahoma City, is facing possible federal charges.

Flight Delta 342 from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) had to make an emergency landing around 7:40 p.m. at Will Rodgers Airport in Oklahoma City, where law enforcement took the man into custody, according to Fox 11.