{"id":475958,"date":"2026-02-18T14:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/475958\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:16:12","slug":"passenger-tries-to-breach-cockpit-on-delta-flight-from-houston-to-atlanta-wsb-tv-channel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/475958\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger tries to breach cockpit on Delta flight from Houston to Atlanta \u2013 WSB-TV Channel 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">HOUSTON \u2014 A Delta Air Lines flight from Houston to Atlanta was temporarily grounded after police say someone tried to breach the cockpit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/houston-police-investigating-scene-hobby-airport-cockpit-was-breached-person-onboard-delta-airlines\/18615754\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/houston-police-investigating-scene-hobby-airport-cockpit-was-breached-person-onboard-delta-airlines\/18615754\/\">KTRK, Channel 2\u2019s ABC affiliate in Houston<\/a>, reports that police received a call about someone who tried to breach the cockpit on Delta Flight 2557. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">This is a developing story. All the latest updates on Channel 2 Action News starting at 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">ABC News confirmed that the flight was in the air for less than 15 minutes before it was diverted back to William P. Hobby Airport. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delta.com\/flightstatus\/1\/2557\/2026-02-18\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.delta.com\/flightstatus\/1\/2557\/2026-02-18\">Delta\u2019s flight checker<\/a> shows the flight is now en route to Atlanta. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Police have not identified the suspect or why they tried to enter the cockpit after the plane initially took off. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Federal Aviation Administration issued the following statement: <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cDelta Air Lines Flight 2557 returned safely to William P. Hobby Airport in Houston around 5:40 a.m. local time on Wednesday, February 18, after the crew reported a passenger disturbance. The flight was headed to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The FAA will investigate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/smart-tv\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wsbtv.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2014 A Delta Air Lines flight from Houston to Atlanta was temporarily grounded after police say someone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-475958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}