Yesterday, View form the Wing broke the story of how a Delta Air Lines pilot was arrested onboard an aircraft. We’re now starting to get more details as to what exactly happened, in what can only be described an incredibly strange incident.
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Homeland Security storms aircraft, arrests pilot
This incident happened on Saturday, July 26, 2025, and involves Delta flight DL2809, operating from Minneapolis (MSP) to San Francisco (SFO). After a 3hr55min flight, the Boeing 757-300 touched down in San Francisco at 9:31PM, and taxied to its arrival gate.
After the plane arrived at the gate, passengers collected their luggage as usual. However, roughly 10 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers then stormed the aircraft, and told passengers to be seated. Some of them ran to the front of the aircraft, and grabbed the first officer, and put him in handcuffs. Since this was a 757, deplaning generally happens through the second door.
The first officer and his belongings were removed from the aircraft, at which point passengers could continue the deplaning process. The captain was caught completely off guard, and repeatedly told passengers that he had no clue what just happened.
As a passenger explained:
“I looked at him and I said, ‘What’s going on?’ He said, ‘I have no idea,’ And he genuinely looked like this was a surprise that all of a sudden there was people on the plane because he had had us stand up, we were starting to take our stuff out for arrival and everybody was already in the overhead bins.”
The pilot was reportedly wanted on child porn charges
Initially, there was virtually no information as to why the pilot was taken off the plane in this way. Delta refused to comment, DHS hasn’t responded to requests for comment, etc. According to Fox News, a senior federal source shared that the pilot was arrested on charges of child sexual abuse materials. Oy, that’s not good.
At first I thought it was a bit of an overkill that you’d have 10 people storm the aircraft in this way, rather than just meeting him in the terminal. But I suppose the concern is that if he was tipped off about authorities waiting for him, he might get suspicious, and try to make a run for it, or do something else irrational.
If these charges are determined to be correct, I hope he gets the help he needs and punishment he deserves (to prevent something like this from happening again)..
This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen a pilot arrested in this way. Roughly a year ago, a Frontier Airlines pilot was arrested onboard an aircraft, shortly before the departure of a flight. As you’d expect, the flight ended up being canceled. I guess a “bad actor” having the job of being a pilot at least makes them easy to catch, since they’re easy to track based on their flight rosters.
Bottom line
A Delta flight from Minneapolis to San Francisco had a dramatic ending, when DHS stormed the plane upon landing, to arrest one of the pilots. He was reportedly wanted on child pornography charges. Like any other profession, there are some bad apples who are pilots. As a passengers, this has to be quite the thing to witness.
What do you make of this situation?
I'm sorry! I hope everyone can forgive me. If I reply back claiming this is fake, it's because I have been off my meds and ignoring my therapist this week. That's why I sound insane in the comments, it's my manic personality disorder manifesting.
I sure hope the drinks are good tonight and worth how stupid you'll feel tomorrow, Tim. Because you sure know how to make it obvious that it's you just making an ass out of yourself using other names.
Have a good night. Thanks for proving to everyone how lame you are.
seriously?
You're off meds and thinking other people are drunk?
I know everyone hates the word police, but in the future, please refrain from the phrase "child porn". "Child abuse sexual material" more accurately reflects what the issue is. These children are ABUSED. The term "porn" downplays how terrible these acts are.
And with that - the word police will check out for the day.
Yeah, good luck with this crusade.
It really isn't a surprise that an article about a sexual predator would bring out the mental degenerates that are typically incapable of having a reasonable discussion, thinking everyone else except themselves is screwed up
says the guy that everyone else but himself thinks is screwed up...
The children are throwing their toys out of their strollers again, poor little darlinks.
Mummy must teach you how to tell the time in my part of the world ‘ulie …. dawn was a few hours ago now and I’m a day ahead of you, lollipop.
Oh tim, this is so tragically sad for you.
Dude you are a legit nutcase
Aero certainly is nuts. Amazing how Aero and Tim both claim to be in their 70s yet have the mental maturity of 12 year old Delta fanboys. .
You realize people are talking about you, "Julie", being the nutcase...
What a surprise that the Fake Eskimo and Tim Dunn are posting at the same time. No, Tim, they're talking about you and your multiple fake usernames and lame attempts to use other names fraudulently.
You're such a loser.
Congratulations Ben, your click-bait post has certainly stirred up natives, the red-necks and will now draw out the closest racists too.
And all of Tim's alter egos it seems too, including the ones aged but up well past midnight in London.
and which side of your schizophrenic personality are we dealing w/ today?
the side that isn't you writing and pretending to be me
I now know why I don’t read the comments on here. WTF? Worse than Facebook.
“Bhagwagar is being held at the Martinez Detention Facility on five counts of oral copulation with a child under 10, in lieu of $5 million bail.”
Only “help” Bhagwagar needs costs about 50 cents and is made of lead. That’s the punishment he deserves.
Reread the Constitution, you abject imbecile.
We don't inflict cruel, unusual punishments.
Ben, you should update the headline (and article). Recent news reports reflect that the pilot was charged in California state court not with a child pornography offense, but with actual sexual abuse of a child.
HSI was involved only to help execute the arrest warrant. They probably arrested him in California to avoid the need to extradite him from another state, which takes time and resources. (In my opinion, HSI conducted the arrest in...
Ben, you should update the headline (and article). Recent news reports reflect that the pilot was charged in California state court not with a child pornography offense, but with actual sexual abuse of a child.
HSI was involved only to help execute the arrest warrant. They probably arrested him in California to avoid the need to extradite him from another state, which takes time and resources. (In my opinion, HSI conducted the arrest in unnecessarily dramatic manner, as they could just have easily waited for the unwitting pilot to get off the plane and stopped him at the gate. But cops sometimes love to get all tactical and pretend to be "operators" even when it's totally unnecessary, just to humiliate the person they're arresting.)
Deserves to be humiliated. You got a problem with that??
Humiliation is cruel and unusual punishment, Mark.
I heard his layovers in Bangkok were something special.
From Epstein, to Trump, to Delta pilots, to Congressmen.
What is the American and Zionist obsession with exploiting children for sexual pleasure?
Absolutely disgraceful and inhumane from a morally bankrupt society
This kind of broad-brush condemnation based on isolated cases isn't helpful. Child exploitation unfortunately occurs across all societies and cultures worldwide - it's not unique to any particular group. Rather than making sweeping generalizations, we should focus on supporting victims and improving systems to prevent these crimes everywhere.
Being Zionist might be the reason for a lot of negative things, but this isn't one of them.
WTAF does Zionism have to do with this? Get down off the podium, Adolf, you're running late for a cross-burning.
Dim Tunn already equates for 11 out of 44 comments on this article, multiple times an hour. The normal people of this world can see that it's deeply bizarre and indicative of a mental health crisis.
The only thing I see coming from them is that everyone else just happens to be a TD alt.
i feel bad for you, Tim.
p.s.: Lilburn?
SAMHSA really does wonders.
I promise you, reach out to them and they will help you get better. All it takes is some time and conviction.
It will be hard to overcome such a severe mental illness, but you'll be so much happier and healthier afterwards. We're all rooting for you on this journey.
tim, everyone knows this is one of your alts, bud. the writing is the same
This is a classic symptom of paranoid schizophrenia, thinking everyone is out to get them. It's really sad to see honestly.
No Dim, there really just are that many normal people that see how deeply disturbing your behavior is. I strongly urge you to get help, before you end up doing something you might regret.
this is particularly funny given that my goal, as previously stated, is to get Tim to self-harm
Dim, if you're going to get banned it'll be because you're trying to get Tim to do self harm.
Pointing out Tim and his fluff is one thing, violence is not.
This is not cool.
You need help.
Whoever you are, you have some weird mental health issues. Much like Tim Dunn (in fact the same writing style with the same stupid sense of humor).
How much of a loser do you have to be to hide behind someone else's screen name?
I'm flattered but wow you're a loser.
--Real Julie
And now we have a whole slew of Dim Tunn alts coming out of the woodwork to justify harassment and inciting self-harm.
Truly a sick and twisted individual.
And we also have Tim Dunn's documented fake names and usage of them coming out to reply since he's too ashamed to reply with his own name.
Get a life, loser.
-Real Julie
Child sexual abuse material is a better term to use rather than child pornography.
There’s too much sanitizing of sex crimes.
I frequently see victims referred to as young women or young men instead of children.
I see “sexual misconduct” used as a sanitised phrase for rape.
Why is it a better term, it's more like a different term.
But agree sanitizing words, that's too much.
Maybe we should sanitize "victim" and use involuntary recipients?
This woke snowflake thing is going way too far.
Eskimo, you are displaying your racial prejudice yet again old bean. Your rhetoric is reminiscent of the ghetto-blasting, Yankee supporters, street corner gang culture and the “Thing is going way too far”, to be sure.
It would appear that there are those who police this website who do not appreciate the mirror being placed in front of them.
The truth hurts only those who pretend to condemn hypocrisy.
"Aero"/Tim
put the drinks down. This is pathetic even by your impossibly low standards.
Imagine seeing this kind of news and your first reaction being a Tim Dunn gotcha comment
imagine seeing this kind of news and immediately jumping to "well AA and UA probs have people like this too"
imagine a fraud jumping in to grab as many headlines using their flawed logic.
would love to know:
a) how my logic is flawed
b) exactly what "headline" i'm grabbing? i'm literally posting in the comments section of a blog. granted, a very good and deservedly well-read blog, but i think you are confused if you think i am getting "headlines" out of posting here
c) your current blood pressure
@dim you gotta stop. you are operating outside of reality
@betterbub you gotta stop. you are operating outside of reality
I think it's time for Dim Tunn to take a timeout. Their comments below show how their TD obsession goes beyond the pale, and is truly unhealthy.
This is as much as for their sake, as for everyone else. I'm pretty sure there was a rule about Tim Dunn related usernames getting banned as well anyways.
In their very own words: "I hope he gets the help he needs and the punishment he deserves"
100% with you on this.
To the fake Eskimo above.
Faking a fake name, do you have some identity crisis?
"I hope he gets the help he needs and the punishment he deserves"
Don't go play with Tim, you need way more help than him.
nah i'm good, thx bud/TD alt
Mason is right.
Ben has done a pretty good job of cleaning out the undesirables of society but a few linger and need to be dealt with just like this purported criminal.
totally right, shitposting is morally equivalent to kiddie porn, you go TD!!!!! definitely not proving my original point or anything!!
Tim, did you just equate comments on a blog to child sexual abuse? Or even make any sort of comparison at all?
he sure did!
Very well articulated Mason, thank you, one would find it tremendously difficult to disagree with you old bean.
wow. Tim is bringing all his fake alt IDs out to play today.
The mental disorder it must require to constantly use other screen names to defend your own made up name in a comment section.
--Real Julie (since Tim loves using this name for some reason)
Dim Tunn, this is actually insane.
You harass people nonstop and now you're stooping to the level of making up fake usernames.
"Real Julie" everyone knows you're just Dim Tunn on another computer.
as the actual Dim Tunn, i give my word to this community this is the only name under which I post. i do not direct anyone to post under any other names, either.
-- the original DT
p.s.: #premium
Get a life dmguy. Certainly u have better things to do
Get a life guy. Certainly u have better things to do
And "fake" Julie, Everyone knows you're just drunk Tim Dunn trying to save face of his other fake name "Tim Dunn"
This really is so pathetic.
--Real Julie
Nice! Back to back posting by Dim Tunn aka "Julie" and a whole slew of other fake accounts, signed off with the same signature style. Very subtle and not obvious!
Notice how "Real Julie" will read past Dim Tunn's harassment and goal of wishing self-harm on other people, and instead go on unhinged rants accusing other people of things? That's how you can tell they're the same insane individual. No one normal reads those kinds of things and thinks it's ok.
Unnecessary show of force by low IQ toxic masculinity police. Abolish the police. Just get the pilot psychiatric help, drop the punishment, please. The United States is an overly punitive society with the largest prison population in the world. Abolish prisons.
Child exploitation occurs when parents aren’t doing their job looking after their own kids. Parents, do your damn job, please.
Delta is a business that depends on on-time performance. Removing a pilot from the...
Unnecessary show of force by low IQ toxic masculinity police. Abolish the police. Just get the pilot psychiatric help, drop the punishment, please. The United States is an overly punitive society with the largest prison population in the world. Abolish prisons.
Child exploitation occurs when parents aren’t doing their job looking after their own kids. Parents, do your damn job, please.
Delta is a business that depends on on-time performance. Removing a pilot from the workforce hurts that metric and causes tangible revenue loss. Delta should sue DHS for causing that loss.
Pedophiles deserve the death penalty.
Nobody deserves the death penalty. That’s barbaric, the very definition of a cruel and unusual punishment the Constitution of the United States bans outright.
END your pathetic posts TIPPING.
Your thoughts are completely out of step with reality and the thinking people’s of this world.
It's just Arps with his latest troll sock puppet. You wanna talk sick people with unhealthy compulsions, he's a great example.
I was in total agreement with your post. Then you had to go off the deep end and start a 2nd paragraph.
Likely that did not want him loose in the terminal where he could have run putting people in danger.
There may be a job at Vueling, where pilots less likely to kick boys off planes are needed.
Being "travel-related" is coincidental. It could have been anyone in any occupation at any organization. Recently, Oklahoma's superintendent of public schools had porn on his laptop . . . during a public meeting. It doesn't matter that he holds himself out as being religious and about traditional family values. It doesn't matter that he insists on religious teachings in the classroom. Really, it could be anyone.
@ Jack -- Yeah, I don't think the story here is that there's a pilot who is guilty of child pornography charges. The story, if you ask me, is the impact this had on passengers, and how this was carried out, as that's not something you see every day.
He's been charged, not found guilty. It's a very important distinction.
@Ben Schlappig - It makes sense to use the opportunity and carry out the arrest in a secure environment like an aircraft, instead of at home. Arresting someone at home is risky from an officer safety standpoint, because of the possibility that the person to be arrested might cause a standoff and/or have a lot of firepower at home.
It takes a lot of moving parts to put together an arrest like this. How could they have done it all between the time he departed MSP and arrived in SFO? It doesn’t add up.
What makes you think they put it all together after he departed MSP? They could’ve been onto this guy before that, and they may have just been waiting for the most secure and safe opportunity to nab him.
Actually Lucky, the pilot isn’t guilty… yet. He is just allegedly a CP offender.
But Jack, when it “can be anyone, really” and that person is creating or executing laws with a severe religious influence and then “allegedly” caught behaving opposite of the morals and values that he wants to press upon others? That kind of hypocrisy needs to be met with swift, firm and crippling justice.
Being retired Customs, I knew it was CP. You get them as soon as you can. The pilot might also be FFDO so you want to secure that weapon as well.
again, it he was an FFDO, it shows poor judgment to have risked a shootout w/ 200 people behind him.
If he feared being arrested, his bag and his weapon would have been accessible to him as soon as the plane landed if not before.
Didn't realised you were an expert in law enforcement as well, Tim.
that's just dumb. How many years of federal law enforcement training have you had? how many years did you work at an international airport as a HSI Special Agent?
Tim, shhhh.....adults are speaking.
adults may be pounding away on the internet but they aren't thinking.
Law enforcement doesn't have a corner on common sense.
If there was a fear of gunfire, arresting someone surrounded by 200 people makes no sense.
If the fear of escape was the issue, then 10 people is huge overkill. They can't even all fit in the aisle of first class and the forward galley of a 757 if wearing their presumed weapons...
adults may be pounding away on the internet but they aren't thinking.
Law enforcement doesn't have a corner on common sense.
If there was a fear of gunfire, arresting someone surrounded by 200 people makes no sense.
If the fear of escape was the issue, then 10 people is huge overkill. They can't even all fit in the aisle of first class and the forward galley of a 757 if wearing their presumed weapons and body armor.
It was excessive and unnecessary force but not surprising.
and, in case you missed it, the government IS elected by the people who aren't amused by the show of federal law enforcement of late
wish it were unbelievable that Timmy's response to this is "he who is without sin can cast the first stone"
Just own the fact that a delta employee did something unforgivable. jesus. not everything calls for equivocation. i know many people find this bit annoying (your loss - i invented it and it is very funny) but surely we can all agree that equivocating around kiddie porn is not cool? yes, agree with tim that...
wish it were unbelievable that Timmy's response to this is "he who is without sin can cast the first stone"
Just own the fact that a delta employee did something unforgivable. jesus. not everything calls for equivocation. i know many people find this bit annoying (your loss - i invented it and it is very funny) but surely we can all agree that equivocating around kiddie porn is not cool? yes, agree with tim that AA and UA surely have one employee each (let's hope that's it) who are also guilty of this but that is not the story today. when it is, i will take my lumps
#premium
and we are supposed to believe that a fraud like you that is incapable of using your own name rather than mocking someone else is qualified to lecture anyone on anything about morals.
It isn't anyone's lump to take. You are as depraved as he is if you think you or anyone else has any responsibility for that person's decisions.
Not a single company the size of any US airline has ever embraced the...
and we are supposed to believe that a fraud like you that is incapable of using your own name rather than mocking someone else is qualified to lecture anyone on anything about morals.
It isn't anyone's lump to take. You are as depraved as he is if you think you or anyone else has any responsibility for that person's decisions.
Not a single company the size of any US airline has ever embraced the actions of employees like this.
This stuff happens and the sheer size of DL makes it certain it would have happened at some point - no different than the AA FA that was just convicted of trying to film young girls in the lav.
Save the outrage and condemnation. DL undoubtedly told law enforcement where to find the guy. They knew it was coming. They don't want him numbered with their employees any more than any other airline has wanted violent and depraved criminals on their payroll.
what's most important is that you're not mad
again, for someone that hides in the shadows of the real world using a twisted and made-up name, you are as ignorant as your ability to read the room as you are in your ability to critically think.
I am mad that people like this exist.
I don't blame anyone else except those people's poor choices.
workplace arrests are pretty common. This is a story just because it happened on a common carrier...
again, for someone that hides in the shadows of the real world using a twisted and made-up name, you are as ignorant as your ability to read the room as you are in your ability to critically think.
I am mad that people like this exist.
I don't blame anyone else except those people's poor choices.
workplace arrests are pretty common. This is a story just because it happened on a common carrier which are always highly visible.
Sadly, there will be more workplace arrests for the same thing elsewhere in the US this week.
You tell him Tim!
Dim by name and lacking any insight or integrity by nature.
Not Tim Dunn once again claiming that Tim Dunn is his real name? Is it now, Tim? You seem to forget how many webs of lies you have on the topic.
Sorry Ben, but your comment just doesn’t resonate when you say things like”I hope he gets the punishment and help he needs”
@ Dublin -- The punishment or the help part?
i think it would read more clearly as "I hope he gets the help he needs and the punishment he deserves"
@ Dim Tunn -- Fair, that's a better way to phrase it, thanks.
someone that twists words and letters as much as you do is in no place to tell anyone else how to write
the opposite actually - it makes me a better writer :)
In your dreams Sonny Tunn …. :-)
sad situation but with 100k plus employees, all of the big 3 have every kind of criminal for employees; no business can properly screen for everything someone does in their private lives. Another site carried the story of an AA FA that was sentenced to 18 plus years for trying to film young girls in the lav. Just as with the Idaho murderer, we have a criminal justice system because some people are not fit...
sad situation but with 100k plus employees, all of the big 3 have every kind of criminal for employees; no business can properly screen for everything someone does in their private lives. Another site carried the story of an AA FA that was sentenced to 18 plus years for trying to film young girls in the lav. Just as with the Idaho murderer, we have a criminal justice system because some people are not fit to live alongside others in civilized society
As for the show of force, that is the way it is done these days. Two would have clearly done the job.
DL probably was served w/ an order to provide information on where there employee was and cooperated.
He who is without sin can throw the first stone.
Regarding Child Porn Allegations, maybe this quote from the Gospel of John should be reconsidered.
(„He who is without sin can throw the first stone.“)
“As for the show of force two would’ve clearly done the job”.
Wrong. 100% totally wrong. Two FBI agents in South Florida a few years ago were ambushed shot and killed trying to serve a child porn warrant. These folks know they are absolutely dead treat going to prison. Many will not go quietly.
Everybody wants to comment when they see law-enforcement in action and in a democracy that’s the way it should...
“As for the show of force two would’ve clearly done the job”.
Wrong. 100% totally wrong. Two FBI agents in South Florida a few years ago were ambushed shot and killed trying to serve a child porn warrant. These folks know they are absolutely dead treat going to prison. Many will not go quietly.
Everybody wants to comment when they see law-enforcement in action and in a democracy that’s the way it should be and needs to be.
But the reality is sometimes apprehension is ugly and violent. Because you’re dealing with ugly and violent people.
this is an aircraft cockpit. How many places do you think the guy could have escaped.
Perhaps he was carrying a weapon but there are registries for armed pilots.
If they generally thought there was going to be a firefight they it is fair to question why they tried to arrest him on an aircraft w/ 200 people
"this is an aircraft cockpit."
Indeed!!!
I can think of a wide range from a rogue pilot doing barrel rolls all the way to 9/11.
So how many place you think a 757-300 can go, Tim?