"Unless you accept Jesus was a black man": Emergency landing after flight passenger threatens to kill everyone

An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Seattle, Washington on Saturday after a passenger threatened to kill everyone on board.

Video footage from the incident shows the man – wearing a face mask - moving through the cabin of Flight 422 bound for Chicago O' Hare yelling: 'I will kill everybody on this plane unless you accept Jesus was a black man.'

As he moves past alarmed passengers in their seats he is heard shouting 'accept it' and 'die in the name of Jesus' multiple times.

According to Alaska Airlines the flight took off around 11.15pm from Seattle-Tacoma airport and incident kicked off 20 minutes in.

'The man became extremely belligerent and physically aggressive during the ascent,' an Alaska Airlines spokesperson said.

Three passengers, including a law enforcement officer, and a flight attendant helped to subdue the man.

In the clip obtained by NBC's King 5 station, the men are seen following the suspect down the aisle while everyone else is buckled in during the ascent.

One man then shoves the suspect and is... (Read more)

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