follow. thank you, terry. next, the new case of an unruly passenger. the authorities say the passenger assaulted a flight attendant and an air marshal. zohreen shah at l.a.x. tonight. reporter: tonight, that frightening mid-air confrontation. a passenger accused of assaulting a flight attendant and then an air marshal. please! help! reporter: the passenger then restrained in a seat. the delta flight from washington, d.c., diverting to oklahoma city. police taking 35-year-old ariel pennington into custody. booking him on disorderly conduct and public drunkenness charges. one passenger telling abc pennington had refused to wear a mask. the flight eventually reaching its destination here in los angeles. he was pretty much, like, yelling that people were trying to tell him what to do. reporter: there have been more than 5,500 cases just this year of unruly passengers, the most if faa s history. it s scary to experience something like that, especially