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Delta Co-Pilot Rustom Bhagwagar Arrested at SFO on Child Sex Abuse Charges
- Federal agents arrested a Delta Air Lines co-pilot on Saturday night aboard Flight 2809 after it landed at San Francisco International Airport.
- The arrest was made pursuant to a warrant issued by Contra Costa County involving allegations related to child pornography materials.
- More than ten law enforcement personnel, among them Homeland Security agents and Federal Air Marshals, made their way through the cabin to handcuff and take the co-pilot from the cockpit.
- The flight, arriving at approximately 9:35 p.m. from Minneapolis, saw agents instruct passengers to remain seated while the co-pilot was taken off the plane before they could disembark.
- Delta Air Lines chose not to provide a statement regarding the arrest and directed questions to law enforcement officials, who are collaborating with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office on the investigation.
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Indian-origin Delta pilot arrested in San Francisco minutes after landing, charged with child sex abuse
Indian-origin Delta Airlines pilot Rustam Bhagwagar was arrested inside the cockpit at San Francisco International Airport just 10 minutes after landing a flight from Minneapolis. The 34-year-old is accused of sexually abusing a child under 10 in an April case.
Delta co-pilot arrested in cockpit on child sex assault charges is identified
The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office named the suspect as Rustom Bhagwagar, 34, a resident of Florida. Officials have confirmed that the suspect was taken into custody after authorities received a report about sex crimes against a child
Indian-Origin Delta Pilot Arrested From Cockpit 10 Minutes After Landing
A Delta Airlines co-pilot was arrested 10 minutes after his flight landed at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday at around 7:05 am IST. Rustom Bhagwagar, 34, was taken into custody on charges of child sexual assault.
Pilot held for child sex abuse materials after landing at SanFran
SAN FRANCISCO — A pilot was arrested aboard a Delta Air Lines flight and federal agents took him into custody from the cockpit after the plane landed at San Francisco International Airport. The pilot, whose identity wasn’t immediately released, was arrested on charges relating to child sexual abuse material, an official with the Department of Homeland Security said Monday. Passengers aboard the flight from Minneapolis to San Francisco on Saturda…
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