(battle sounds from phone) (battle sounds stop) (dragon roar from phone) a sigh of relief for passengers at laguardia international airport. things back to normal after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing because of a passenger disturbance. yes. thankfully all is well, but officials say the passenger has been taken into custody for questioning. cnn correspondent polo sandoval has more on this. reporter: that plane was wheels down safely yesterday afternoon about its scheduled arrival time. the landing itself, it was
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custody. united airlines flight 1074 with 33 passengers and six crew members had just taken off from dulles airport outside washington on its way to denver. less than 30 minutes after takeoff, this is what the pilots told the tower. declaring an emergency due to a passenger disturbance. reporter: the disturbance of a man running up the single aisle of the 737 shouting jihad jihad. according to some aboard the plane. another passenger said the man was shouting the plane of going to go down. he ran forward toward the cockpit. and he is being restrained by other passengers. reporter: those other passengers and at least one male flight attendant weren t about to take any chances, making sure the man was done with whatever rampage he was planning. he had bruises on his face apparently from being taken down. appeared to be crying was apologizing. i m sorry! i m so sorry! sorry. don t move. you re okay.
own hands. and ended a potentially dangerous situation. the unidentified man now in custody. united airlines flight 1074 with 33 passengers six crew members had just taken off from dulles airport outside washington on its way to denver. less than 30 minutes after takeoff though this is what the tie lots told the tower. declaring an emergency due to a passenger disturbance. reporter: disturbance was man running up the single aisle of the 737 shouting jihad, jihad. according to some aboard the plane. another passenger said the man was shouting the plane was going to go down. he ran forward towards the cockpit and he is being restrained by other passengers. reporter: those other passengers and at least one male flight attendant weren t about to take any chances with be making sure the man was done with whatever rampage he was planning. he had bruises on his face apparently from being taken down.