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Unruly behavior any given year. 100 to 150, we are at 3,000. in one of the latest examples a passenger commandeered the intercom an an atlanta-bound delta flight friday night. >> [ bleep ]. >> all three of you. >> the plane was forced to land in oklahoma city. turns out the passenger was a man named stefan duncan a delta airlines off duty flight attendant. >> i didnt think much of it but then as people started to get a little closer and the stewards and the flight attendants were trying to get h...

34-year-old stephon jamar duncan, a delta flight attendant on leave, who allegedly made terroristic threats and assaulted two onduty flight attendants. the pilot calling on the intercom for passengers to help. >> he very forcefully said, "i need all able-bodied men to come to the front of the plane immediately for an emergency." >> were holding him down and he was screaming and crying. >> reporter: the flight from l.a. to atlanta making an emergency landing in oklahoma city friday night. duncan ...

According to a delta spokesman. witnesses reported he commandeered the aircrafts intercom and told them to prepare to use the oxygen masks. one witness told cnn he feared the worse during the intense encounter. >> people behind me were saying thats bad. it only happens when a plane goes down. i prayed to god ato protect my family. >> reporter: a flight from l.a. to new york was diverted after described by a customer issue on board. on june 4th, a third delta flight, this one from l.a. to nashvil...

Members and other passengers subdued the man. the flight was diverted. that man taken into custody. cnns paolo sandoval following this. you have details this was an off-duty flight attendant? >> reporter: i read over the police report filed by oklahoma city police. thats where the flight landed safely as authorities then boarded the flight to remove him. this report, it does paint a very scary picture of what unfolded aboard that flight that left los angeles headed to atlanta on friday evening. ...

Flight. >> the captain taking to the intercom. >> wed like all strong males to immediate to the front. >> police took the passenger into custody. its just the latest incident involving what the faa says is a surge in bad behavior in the skies. earlier this month another delta passenger was arrested after reportedly attempting to breach the cockpit and on this southwest flight from sacramento in san diego in late may, a passenger punched a flight attendant causing her to lose two teeth. >> passen...

Incidents reported so far this year. >> this chaos in the cabin took a strange turn this he can would end when an unruly passenger turned out to be an off-duty flight attendant. >> on the floor please. all three of you. all three of you. >> it happened on an atlanta-bound delta flight friday night when a man took control of the intercom, which led to this fight. he was eventually subdued. what happened here? >> we have to preface this by saying we are asking but we still dont know what this mans...

600,000 american lives lost to covid. tonight, new concerns about the highly contagious delta variant first seen in india. now 90% of the cases in the uk. and authorities here warning it could become dominant in the u.s. and the new study tonight on how effective the vaccines are against this particular variant. from washington, d.c. up into the northeast at this hour, the severe storms as we come on the air tonight. also, the dangerous heat in the west. growing concern over the fire dangers. ...

One off the east coast, the other in the gulf. senior meteorologist rob marciano, a very busy night for you. hey, rob. >> reporter: indeed, david. well start with pennsylvania, which got hit hard today with 60-pl 60-plus-mile-per-hour winds, power out and trees are down. the radar shows where the action is. watch boxes from west virginia to new jersey, so, dangerous storms to come. in the west, you mentioned the heat. its expanding from southern california to montana. extreme heat warnings are u...

34-year-old stephon jamar duncan, a delta flight attendant on leave, who allegedly made terroristic threats and assaulted two onduty flight attendants. the pilot cowling on the intercom for passengers to help. >> he very forcefully said, "i need all able-bodied men to come to the front of the plane immediately for an emergency." >> were holding him down and he was screaming and crying. >> reporter: the flight from l.a. to atlanta making an emergency landing in oklahoma city friday night. dun can...

His way to the front of the aircraft and started to use the p.a. system. once the flight crew took away the p.a. system, thats when witnesses say he attacked two flight attendants who were not injured during the altercation. this is what one witness reported hearing. >> the person was on the intercom telling passengers to return to their seats because oxygen masks were going to be required. >> reporter: essentially sprang into action helping subdue the individual while the plane made a safe land...