arrest accused of punching an american airlines pilot on a san francisco-bound flight. anne makovec is following the story at sfo. anne, we understand there can now be federal charges filed, is that right? reporter: it is against federal law to attack any member of a flight crew. and i just got off the phone with american airlines. they confirm that the fbi is now investigating and that could mean federal charges. these guys, they just went berserk and it was it was awful. reporter: an awful start to a flight from miami to sfo overnight. we knew that these guys were really weird in the beginning and they shouldn t have been let on the plane because they were acting funny. reporter: jonathan and louis baez brothers from florida under arrest accused of aggressive battery against the captain. here s a photo of the fight taken by another passenger who says it all started with the flight attendant trying to get jonathan baez to buckle up. kind of leaning across a cou
it is thursday, july 28th. two men were removed from a san francisco bound plane, after attacking them in miami. we learned from miami police that the plane was delayed because one of the two men did not have his seat belt on when they were about to take off. one of the flight attendants tried to arouse him but to no avail. the man was believed to be drunk or high on drugs, so she contacted authorities immediately. four passengers were forced to subdue at least one of the men last night. these are the mug shots this morning much the police said they tried to awake baez. we have pictures of the citizens detaining one of the baezs before the arrest. the flight was taxiing for takeoff when the situation s escalated. the two unruly men who spoke little english and seemed to be acting strange got into a heated discussion. they were acting erratic, suspicious, like they were drunk. we left to take off. the pilot brought the plane back. then they walked out and were escort
exit. we are only seeing slowing in the northbound direction but we ll follow this plus other traffic spots across the bay area. in the meantime, back to you. thank you. a pilot punched in the face and that s just the beginning. an all-out brawl on a flight bound for sfo. anne makovec is at the airport with passengers who stepped into the chaos to try to stop it. reporter: they said it was shocking. the plane was late coming to miami to sfo supposed to get in around quarter to midnight and it got here after 2 a.m. after the fight delay you might call it. this is a picture taken by passengers. these were taken after the fight had already dribbled into the terminal from the airplane. it started in the airplane. two passengers, according to other passengers, were acting very strangely, acting unruly. so the pilot, who had already begun to take off not actually take off take off but was driving down the jetway, he pulled the plane back to the terminal and he confronted th