Passengers and crew were able to quickly apprehend a man who tried to hijack a Tijuana-bound plane, take the flight attendants hostage and divert it to the United States, with dire consequences for the new video show.
Footage posted on social media and local media shows the 31-year-old hijacker, identified only as Mario, surrounded by passengers and crew members near the cockpit of the grounded Volaris flight on Sunday morning. It shows that there are.
According to reports, the man, a father of two, was seen sprinting toward the door with his arm around a female flight attendant, then attempting to jump out of the door. However, passengers quickly grabbed him and the screams and cries of children and other passengers could be heard.
The mustachioed old man who led the charge against the hijackers told local reporters at El Bajio airport in Leon, central Mexico, that he and other passengers on the plane had tried to prevent the situation from escalating. said.
“I was able to persuade him to turn himself in peacefully and asked him to relinquish his job as a flight attendant for the sake of his wife and children,” the anonymous Good Samaritan said in Spanish.
“Everyone was scared and panicking,” he added. “He was scared. He wanted us to take him to San Diego so he could feel safe.”
The tense situation seemed to end when the hijacker stepped off the plane and turned himself in, but desperation seemed to set in as he made a final dash for the open door.
“Daddy, no!” a woman could be heard shouting as she and the Good Samaritan desperately tried to hold him back and prevent him from walking out the door.
Mexico's Security and Civil Protection Secretary (SSPC) said the suspect remained in custody until police arrived to arrest him.
According to SSPC, the suspect claimed that a member of his family had been kidnapped and that he had been threatened not to go to Tijuana once the plane took off.
Volaris ensured that all passengers and crew were safe and continued the flight after the suspect was eliminated.
The airline became a plaintiff to ensure that passengers face the full weight of the law, according to a company statement.
