Simply 10 minutes after a Delta aircraft landed at San Francisco Worldwide Airport, legislation enforcement and federal brokers entered the cockpit and apprehended a pilot, authorities say.
The arrest Saturday left passengers agape.
The officers and brokers “have been pushing their approach 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 towards a minor.
Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies and Division of Homeland Safety brokers apprehended Bhagwagar about 9:35 p.m. Saturday after the Delta Air Strains flight from Minneapolis landed at SFO, in line with 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 beneath the age of 10. His bail was set at $5 million.
The investigation into Bhagwagar started months in the past after authorities obtained experiences that he had allegedly dedicated a sexual crime towards a baby, in line with 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 Air Strains mentioned in an announcement to The Occasions that it could cooperate with authorities and has “zero tolerance” for the alleged illegal conduct.
Deputies mentioned the investigation was persevering with. Anybody with data is urged to contact the sheriff’s Investigations Division at (925) 313-2600 or at (866) 846-3592 for nameless suggestions.
