Unruly passenger on diverted Delta Air Lines flight identified as off-duty flight attendant

Delta Air Lines on Saturday identified an unruly passenger on a Friday evening flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta as an off-duty flight attendant.

Cellphone video shows passengers on top of the person and reveals a voice over the plane's public address system: “This is the captain speaking. We would like all the strong men up front of the plane take care of a problem passenger.”

The flight was diverted to Oklahoma City and the FBI arrested the person based on unknown allegations. The passenger's name has not been released.

FBI spokeswoman Megan Lauro said only that the FBI was investigating the incident.

According to Delta, the person had at least attempted to access the plane's public address system before being confronted by passengers.

“Thank you to the crew and passengers of Delta Flight 1730 (LAX to ATL) who helped arrest an unruly passenger as the flight was diverted to Oklahoma City (OKC),” Delta said in a statement. “The plane landed without incident and the passenger was removed by law enforcement. We apologize to our customers for the delay and any additional inconvenience this has caused.”

The airline said the flight continued to Atlanta after the passenger was removed from the flight.