{"id":182462,"date":"2026-03-07T21:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182462\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T21:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:18:14","slug":"southwest-flight-boarded-by-cops-with-guns-drawn-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182462\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Flight Boarded by Cops with Guns Drawn, Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Southwest<br \/>\n                          Cops Burst Onto Plane After Flight Diverted, on Video<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              March 7, 2026<br \/>\n                            11:55 AM PST\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260307_1ffddea7b0ef447d8fc3433832e37a9f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ee111a28-6f31-4700-828d-d80faeae8d2c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1ffddea7b0ef447d8fc3433832e37a9f_md.png\" alt=\"southwest airlines bomb main getty 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Southwest passengers had to make a detour for a security-related issue &#8230; which ended with cops rushing onto their plane guns blazing.<\/p>\n<p>Video is circulating online that captured the moment that went down Friday &#8230; after a flight leaving Nashville for Fort Lauderdale had to divert to Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load TikTok Post.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the clip &#8230; multiple officers outfitted in full tactical gear head down the narrow aisle way toward the back of the plane &#8212; before wrenching a man out of his seat and slapping cuffs on him.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>People on the plane &#8212; unclear if it&#8217;s passengers or crew members &#8212; can be heard chanting &#8220;heads down, hands up&#8221; repeatedly &#8230; a reminder to everyone on the plane to not make any sudden moves while the cops go about their business.<\/p>\n<p>Worth noting &#8230; several social media users are claiming the plane needed to make an emergency landing because bomb threats were made. We&#8217;ve checked with police, but we haven&#8217;t been able to verify that allegation.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to TMZ, a Southwest Airlines spokesperson tells TMZ &#8230; the plane landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to &#8220;respond to a possible security matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260307_14491f006f754224a46663331f2917b1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ee111a28-6f31-4700-828d-d80faeae8d2c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/14491f006f754224a46663331f2917b1_md.jpg\" alt=\"030726_southwest_flight_man_primary\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The company lauds its flight crew&#8217;s response to the incident and apologizes to the passengers for the significant delay.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest tells us customers were put on another aircraft, which continued on to Fort Lauderdale. They landed around 3:30 AM.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI told us they did investigate a person allegedly connected to the incident &#8230; however, \u201cThere was no credible threat and no charges will be filed.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Southwest Cops Burst Onto Plane After Flight Diverted, on Video Published March 7, 2026 11:55 AM PST Southwest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-182462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}