A passenger attempted to hijack a domestic Mexican flight Sunday morning and forcibly divert it to the United States, according to the airline Volaris. The suspect, identified by Mexican authorities only as a 31-year-old Mexican national named Mario, assaulted a flight attendant and tried to enter the cockpit to divert the flight to the United States, according to the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection.

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The aircraft briefly stopped at Guadalajara International Airport, where the passenger was taken into police custody, the airline said

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A passenger on a domestic flight in Mexico who tried to divert an aircraft to the United States by force said that he was under threat by criminals who had kidnapped one of his relatives, authorities said. Mexico’s Public Safety Department said late Sunday the man had been detained by National Guard officers in the western city of Guadalajara, where the flight was diverted following the incident. Continue reading at The Republ…

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A passenger aboard a Volaris Airlines flight in Mexico attempted to hijack the plane and divert it to the United States on Sunday morning. According to the New York Post, the chaotic scene unfolded shortly after the plane reached cruising altitude. Witnesses recounted that the 31-year-old man, Kel Mario N, became increasingly erratic and frantically claimed that landing in Tijuana would not be safe. Mario then allegedly lunged at a flight attend…

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The Volaris Airlines plane departed Leon for Tijuana when the 31-year-old man allegedly attacked a flight attendant before attempting to storm the cockpit

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The Volaris Airlines plane was travelling from Leon in Mexico to Tijuana when the man allegedly attacked a flight attendant and tried to storm the cockpit

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The Airbus A320 plane, which took off around 7:17 am local time, was bound for the Tijuana from Guanajuato, but had to make an emergency landing.

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Mexican authorities say a passenger on a domestic flight in Mexico who tried to divert an aircraft to the United States by force said that he was under threat by criminals who had kidnapped one of his relatives

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A passenger aboard a Mexican airline flight to Tijuana Sunday allegedly tried to divert the aircraft to the United States “by use of force,” according to the airline Volaris.

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A 31-year-old man has been arrested after attempting to redirect a domestic flight in Mexico to the United States while it was en route, according to...

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EFE On Sunday morning, a passenger tried to seize a plane that covered the route from El Bajío, in central Mexico, to the Tijuana border and divert it to the United States, but was arrested and put at the disposal of the authorities, reported the Mexican airline Volaris. “Volaris reports that this morning on flight 3041, which covered the route from El Bajío to Tijuana, a passenger tried, by using force, to divert the plane to the United States,…

EFE La mañana de este domingo un pasajero intentó apoderarse de un avión que cubría la ruta de El Bajío, en el centro de México, a la fronteriza Tijuana y desviarlo hacia Estados Unidos, pero fue detenido y puesto a disposición de las autoridades, informó la aerolínea mexicana Volaris. “Volaris informa que esta mañana en el vuelo 3041, que cubría la ruta de El Bajío a Tijuana, un pasajero intentó, mediante el uso de la fuerza, desviar el avión h…

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