Simply 10 minutes after a Delta aircraft landed at San Francisco Worldwide Airport, regulation enforcement and federal brokers entered the cockpit and apprehended a pilot, authorities say.
The arrest Saturday left passengers agape.
The group of officers and brokers “had been pushing their manner up by the aisle” and into the cockpit, the place they cuffed the co-pilot earlier than main him away, one passenger advised the San Francisco Chronicle.
Rustom Bhagwagar, a 34-year-old Florida resident, was arrested on suspicion of sexual crimes in opposition to a minor.
Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies and Division of Homeland Safety brokers apprehended Bhagwagar at about 9:35 p.m. Saturday after the Delta Air Traces flight from Minneapolis landed at SFO, in response to a sheriff’s information launch.
Authorities mentioned Bhagwagar was arrested and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on 5 counts of oral copulation with a baby below the age of 10. His bail was set at $5 million.
The investigation into Bhagwagar started months in the past after authorities obtained studies that he had allegedly dedicated a sexual crime in opposition to a baby, in response to the discharge. Contra Costa deputies found that Bhagwagar was a pilot and — with help from Homeland Safety, which didn’t participate within the investigation — apprehended him as soon as the flight concluded.
A spokesperson from Delta Airways mentioned in an announcement to The Instances that they might cooperate with authorities and have “zero tolerance” for the alleged illegal conduct.
Deputies mentioned the investigation was ongoing. Anybody with info is urged to contact the sheriff’s Investigations Division at (925) 313-2600 or at (866) 846-3592 for nameless suggestions.
