On July 26, as Delta Flight 2809 landed at SFO, deputies coordinated with Homeland Security Investigations to board the plane and make the arrest without alerting the suspect in advance. Viral footage taken by passengers shows law enforcement entering the cockpit and escorting Bhagwagar off the plane in handcuffs.

A Delta Air Lines pilot was arrested on child sex abuse charges and removed from a plane’s cockpit immediately after landing in San Francisco on Saturday night, the authorities said.

Passengers aboard the flight from Minneapolis to San Francisco on Saturday posted video online showing federal agents walking through the aisle of the plane.