Video: "Unruly" Passenger Escorted Off Flight. He Tried To Enter Cockpit

Footage shared by another passenger shows the "unruly" man being subdued by law enforcement officials.

An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after an "unruly passenger" attempted to enter the cockpit area and open a flight door, among other things. Juan Remberto Rivas, 50, caused several disturbances on a Washington-bound flight on Sunday afternoon. Because of him, flight 1775 from Los Angeles was diverted mid-journey to Kansas City where it was met by law enforcement officials, news agency AFP reported.  passengers held the individual and a flight attendant used a coffee pot to subdue him as the plane descended rapidly. the man was bleeding as the police in this video are taking him off the flight after landing in Kansas #AA1775pic.twitter.com/HL2JnyYglw

Footage shared on Twitter by another passenger, Mouaz Moustafa, shows Mr Rivas being subdued by law enforcement officials. The video was taken after the flight was diverted to Kansas, where Mr Rivas was escorted off. "The man was bleeding as the police in this video are taking him off the flight after landing in Kansas," Mr Moustafa wrote. 

According to Mr Moustafa, a flight attendant had to use a coffee pot to subdue the passenger after he began acting erratically. He told flight attendants "people were attempting to hurt him and they followed him on the plane," CNN reported.