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Passengers onboard an American Airlines flight reported feeling rushing wind when a fellow traveler attempted to rip open the emergency exit in mid-air on Tuesday. Six of them sprang into action, tackling the man and holding him down in the aisle until the plane safely returned to Sunport Airport in Albuquerque. Flight 1219 had been on its way to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport when the .
An American Airlines flight was forced to turn around shortly after takeoff from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tuesday after a man tried to open one of the emergency exits, according to passengers on the plane.
Authorities say an American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at a New Mexico airport after a disruptive passenger caused a disturbance in the cabin. Other passengers said he tried to open an emergency exit door and was screaming “I want to get out.” Airport officials say Flight 1219 to Chicago had to return to Albuquerque International Sunport shortly after takeoff Tuesday afternoon. Passengers told KOAT that six other men on the plane wrestled the man down and restrained him in the aisle by duct-taping his feet and putting on flex cuffs until the flight ended and he was escorted off the plane by law enforcement.