""There was a guy who came on the plane with machine gun, and we're being told, 'Put your head down and hands up,'" said passenger Esther Sutofsky."
""It was an awfully, awfully long day for all of us, and pretty spooky," said passenger Sona Jones. "I think, like, the kids handled it well.""
""Something to the effect of, 'If you don't land this plane, I'm going to, I'll blow it the plane,' or, 'If you don't land this plane, I'm going to do something to it, and you will see,'" said passenger Sona Jones."
""And about an hour out of Chicago, we hear this person in the back screaming, yelling, and: 'No! No! No!' And he's not going to - 'I can't get off the plane!'" said passenger Gerry Sutofsky."
American Airlines flight 2819 from New York to Chicago was diverted to Detroit after an unruly passenger made threats, including claims of having a bomb. The flight, which took off at 9 a.m. ET, landed in Detroit at 11:08 a.m. ET. Passengers described a tense situation, with one stating they were instructed to put their heads down. After law enforcement cleared the aircraft, the disruptive passenger was removed, and the remaining passengers were transported to the terminal to await a new flight.
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