In this photo provided by passenger Tim Cole, a Delta Air Lines jet en route to San Diego from Detroit sits at a remote area of Albuquerque International Sunport, Sunday, after a bomb scare. Travelers aboard an American Airlines flight were forced to subdue an out-of-control passenger who began pounding on the cockpit door and screamed unintelligibly, police said.
The terrifying episode ended when flight attendants and passengers wrestled him to the ground and handcuffed him as the plane approached San Francisco late Sunday.
The flight - which was headed from Chicago - was carrying 162 people.
The suspect was identified as Rageit Almurisi, a 28-year-old Yemeni national.
He faces federal charges of interfering with a flight crew.
The chilling incident followed two other mid-air meltdowns on the same day.
In one, a Continental flight to Chicago was diverted to St. Louis after a passenger tried to open a door.
The second episode involved a Delta Airlines flight that was diverted to Albuquerque, N.M. after a note was found in a bathroom with the word "bomb" written on it.
The plane was searched and no explosives were found.
With News Wire Services
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