САЩ: Пилотът на Delta Air Lines, държан по обвинения в сексуална злоупотреба с деца

Delta Air Lines Pilot Rustom Bhagwagar (34), беше задържан в събота вечер (местно време), откакто самолетът кацна на интернационалното летище в Сан Франциско.

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Federal agents and sheriff's deputies stormed the cockpit of the Delta Airlines flight over the weekend and arrested the co-pilot, authorities said, CBS News reported.

Flight 2809 arrived at San Francisco International Airport at about 9:35 pm (local time) Saturday when agents from Homeland Security Investigations and Contra Costa Sheriff's deputies boarded the Boeing 757-300 jet и отстраниха водача, съобщи шерифският офис на окръг Contra Costa, съгласно CBS News.

Разследването стартира през април, откакто шерифската работа получи отчет за полови закононарушения против дете, оповестиха от службата. Detectives later learned that Bhagwagar was an airline pilot and was due to fly into SFO on Saturday evening.

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told CBS News Bay Area that HSI agents assisted the sheriff's deputies by getting them airport and plane access.

Delta Air Lines told CBS News that it will defer comment to the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office and the Службата на шерифа.

" Delta има нулева приемливост към нелегално държание и ще си сътрудничи напълно с органите на реда ", съобщи представител. arrived at the gate when deputies and federal agents boarded through the door between the coach and first class sections and pushed their way past passengers who were in the aisle retrieving their belongings from the overhead bins.

Bhagwagar is being held at the Martinez Detention Facility on USD 5 million bail, the Sheriff's Office said, as per CBS News.