Delta flight evacuated after hijack threat

A Delta flight was evacuated and a passenger taken into custody Tuesday in Jacksonville after the passenger threatened to hijack the plane.

Delta spokeswoman Susan Elliott said Flight 2380, set to depart from Florida to Atlanta, was halted after a passenger handed a suspicious note to a member of the flight crew.

Passengers told Channel 2 Action News that the passenger, a woman, was nervous and clutching a Bible as she handed a flight attendant a note marked "urgent."

The letter stated that the woman was planning to hijack the plane, and the crew could find her in seat 19-A, Channel 2 reported.

"The pilot came out escorting a woman out of the plane,” one passenger said. “Apparently she made a threat to the plane and wanted to die."

The passenger, who has not been identified, has been taken into custody, said Elliott.

The flight was delayed for two hours but was scheduled to land at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport close to noon.

"Delta did phenomenal," a passenger said. "The flight attendants did great; and everything was just every calm."

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