RIO DE JANEIRO – A Brazilian airliner safely made a forced landing after a passenger had a “psychotic attack”, entered the cockpit and assaulted a pilot.
The TAM Airlines jet was en route from Montevideo in Uruguay to Sao Paulo, when a man got into the cockpit because the door was open.
Shortly after, the aircraft dived to the right, causing passengers to scream and the pilot to yell for help over the speaker system.
The jet safely landed at Porto Alegre airport in southern Brazil about 20 minutes after the man was subdued. – (AP)
