A plane was forced into an emergency landing after a man tried to open an exit door during mid-flight.
The American Airlines flight 2300 was traveling from Chicago O'Hara Airport to Dallas/Fort Worth International on Tuesday evening but was forced to divert to St Louis in Missouri around 7.40pm.
One passenger tweeted that the man was "fought to the ground" by crew and other passengers on the plane and "subdued...until we landed" - before confirming the flight had landed safely.
An official at the St Louis Lambert International Airport confirmed to WSBT22 that a man was removed from the plane and arrested by airport police.
The passenger, with the handle @cransberri, tweeted: "Emergency landing because someone tried to open the emergency exit during flight and was fought to the ground."
They later said: "We landed in St. Louis safely. The flight attendants and a few passengers subdued the man to the ground until we landed. Medical attention was called."
An airport spokesman told the Mirror Online: "American Airlines 2300 did divert to STL about 7.39pm local time. Airport police assisted in removing the person off the aircraft."
