Southwest Flight Forced to Return to LAX
From Times Staff Reports
The pilot of a Southwest Airlines plane bound for Sacramento turned back to Los Angeles on Monday after a woman tried to enter the cockpit, an FBI spokeswoman said.
The pilot of the Boeing 737 radioed shortly after the 10:30 a.m. takeoff that he was returning to LAX because a woman had tried to interfere with the flight crew, FBI spokeswoman Laura Bosley said.
The woman was turned over to airport police.
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