A Delta Air Traces pilot was taken into custody by federal brokers shortly after touchdown on the San Francisco Worldwide Airport on Saturday, reportedly leaving each passengers and the airplane’s lead pilot shocked.
The pilot was arrested on prices of kid sexual abuse materials by brokers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI), a Homeland Safety spokesperson instructed HuffPost on Monday, with out providing additional remark.
A Delta spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark.
Flight 2809 from Minneapolis had simply landed on the airport, round 9:35 p.m., when brokers entered the airplane, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
“A gaggle of individuals with badges, weapons, and totally different company vests/markings had been pushing their approach up via the aisle to the cockpit,” a passenger, who had been seated in top notch, instructed the outlet in an e-mail.
One other passenger, solely recognized as Sarah, mentioned she counted no less than 10 brokers.
“They barged via and stormed the cockpit,” she instructed ABC San Francisco affiliate KGO. “They eliminated the co-pilot, cuffed him, presumably arrested him, and introduced him again down the aisle to deplane.”
Passengers reportedly weren’t instructed what had simply occurred, and the remaining pilot additionally instructed passengers that he had “no thought what simply occurred,” in response to the Chronicle.
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Video shared by the aviation weblog, View From The Wing, seems to point out federal brokers leaving the airplane’s cockpit moments after the pilot’s arrest.
It’s a federal crime to supply, promote, transport, distribute, obtain, promote, possess, or entry with the intent to view little one sexual abuse materials. One of many HSI’s priorities is combating the sexual exploitation of youngsters.
