JetBlue captain subdued during flight after pounding on cockpit
(CBS News) A police officer and an off-duty airline pilot subdued a JetBlue captain Tuesday morning aboard a Las Vegas-bound flight when the captain started pounding on the cockpit doorafter the flight's co-pilot asked him to leave and subsequently locked him out, a federal official told CBS News.
The captain became incoherent during JetBlue Flight 191 from New York's John F. Kennedy International, prompting the co-pilot to get him to leave the cockpit, the official said. JetBlue said in a statement to CBS News that the flight was diverted to Amarillo, Texas, "for a medical situation involving the captain."
Jet Blue flight 191 enroute from JFK to Las Vegas. The flight was diverted to Amarillo after the pilot reported an in-flight-emergency concerning an out-of-control passenger on board.
A different federal official told CBS News that the incident doesn't appear to be related to terrorism but that the FBI is investigating. The police officer, who works for the New York Police Department, was travelling as a passenger.
The "ill crewmember" was taken to a local medical facility after the plane landed in Amarillo, JetBlue said. Passengers are expected to be transported to Las Vegas on a different plane.
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Juuuuuust a bit scarey........
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I'm from the San Fernando Valley.
I thought he was pounding with his cockpit. 
is going on?