Nebraska man arrested after a Delta flight connection makes emergency landing in Iowa
July 18th, 2025 by Ric Hanson
OMAHA, Neb. — Cedar Rapids Police confirmed a Nebraska man was arrested after a flight from Omaha made an emergency landing in Iowa Thursday night. Authorities say that at around 6:13p.m., Cedar Rapids Police were dispatched to the Eastern Iowa Airport following an in-air disturbance by a single male passenger on a SkyWest flight (#3612) from Omaha to Detroit.
The flight left Omaha at around 5:25-p.m. CNN reports that a passenger tried to open an emergency exit door and got into a fight with a flight attendant. The flight diverted to Cedar Rapids where it landed safely and was met by police officers, who took the passenger into custody. (Video posted below is from a passenger, Jonathan Spencer Van der Waarden, who posted the arrest on X)