Plane diverts in pilot 'bomb' alert

The captain of a US airliner yelled about a bomb and had to be locked out of the cockpit and restrained as the Las Vegas-bound flight was diverted to Texas, passengers said.

The captain of a US airliner yelled about a bomb and had to be locked out of the cockpit and restrained as the Las Vegas-bound flight was diverted to Texas, passengers said.

JetBlue Airways said in a statement that the captain of Flight 191 from New York had a “medical situation” and that the pilot in command of the aircraft elected to land in Amarillo about 10 am.

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