Plane Crazy: Montana flight headed to Salt Lake City diverted after man bangs on cockpit door, claims to be alien
An unruly passenger who banged on the cockpit door of a SkyWest flight and claimed he was a space alien was arrested after the plane made an emergency landing Sunday in Idaho Falls.
Flight attendants and other passengers were able to get the man back in his seat while the pilots diverted to Idaho Falls. The plane landed just after 6 p.m. Sunday, when authorities took the man into custody, she said.
The plane resumed its flight and arrived in Salt Lake City at 7:15 p.m. There were about 50 passengers on the plane. KPVI reported the man arrested was Matthew Kleindorfer, 32, of Las Vegas.
Source: Plane Crazy: Montana flight headed to Salt Lake City diverted after man bangs on cockpit door, claims to be alien
Flight attendants and other passengers were able to get the man back in his seat while the pilots diverted to Idaho Falls. The plane landed just after 6 p.m. Sunday, when authorities took the man into custody, she said.
The plane resumed its flight and arrived in Salt Lake City at 7:15 p.m. There were about 50 passengers on the plane. KPVI reported the man arrested was Matthew Kleindorfer, 32, of Las Vegas.
Source: Plane Crazy: Montana flight headed to Salt Lake City diverted after man bangs on cockpit door, claims to be alien
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