MID-AIR CHAOS

Dad Busted After Wild Attempt to Divert Flight to the U.S.

The man allegedly assaulted a flight attendant and attempted to rush the cockpit.

A would-be hijacker flying with his wife and two kids assaulted a flight attendant as he allegedly made a mad dash for the controls on a commercial flight in Mexico. The man, named only as Mario, was flying from El Bajio in the country’s south to Tijuana near the border with California when he suddenly made a beeline for the cockpit in a bid to reroute the Volaris plane to the U.S., the airline said. Thankfully, crew and passengers managed to subdue him and the pilot issued an alert before the aircraft was landed at the International Airport of Guadalajara in central Mexico. The 31-year-old suspect claims he had received a death threat in which he was warned not to travel to Tijuana. It is unclear at the time of writing whether the man was armed, but he was handed over to authorities in Guadalajara as the flight continued without him to its final destination. “All passengers, crew and aircraft are safe,” Volaris said.