Pilot Calling News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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." >> we're 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 suspected of having a mental health crisis. the case, just the latest in a string of shocking momen...

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. and we're also watching two tropical systems near the u.s. tonight. once off the east coast, the oth...

Thanks, baby. yeah, we 'bout to get spicy for this virtual date. spicy like them pajama pants. hey, the camera is staying up here. this is not the second date. this is the captain speaking. we'd like all strong males to the front of the aircraft to handle a problem passenger. >> that happened on friday. there has been more trouble in the air, this one was friday. certainly the pilot calling and asking for help from male passengers to subdue that unruly passenger who had made his way up to the area that was right near an exit door. also thursday, an off-duty flight attendant forced an

Black boxes with the flight data and voice recording for the first time. we're learning a lot about possible parallels between this crash and one five months ago on a similar plan, the boeing 737 max 8 that involved the pilot calling to return to the airport almost immediately after takeoff. now, according to "the new york times" report today, a person who reviewed air traffic communication said minutes into the flight, the captain requested permission to return in a panicky voice saying to air traffic controllers, brake brake, request back home, request landing. times also confirming what we'...

>> reporter: david, sarah sanders was asked if the president's taxes were still under audit, and she replied, a number of them still are. when asked if any of his tax returns would be made public, sanders saying, quote, i'm not aware of any plans to do so. david? >> kyra phillips with us again tonight. thank you, kyra. there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday. the emergency unfolding moments ago. word a united pilot calling in a mayday. the plane from los angeles landing with more than 200 onboard. what triggered the alarm? news breaking in that urgent manhunt ...