Terrifying moment armed police swarm American Airlines flight 'after banging heard at 30,000 feet'

American Airlines formation 954 departed from Buenos Aires connected Thursday nighttime and was heading towards New York, but was diverted aft a 'banging noise' was heard from the cargo hold

This is the terrifying infinitesimal equipped constabulary swarm an American Airlines formation aft a "banging noise" was heard astatine 30,000 feet and the level was diverted.

Flight 954 departed from Ezeiza International Airport successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, astatine 9.15pm connected Thursday and was heading towards New York, wherever it was scheduled to get astatine 6.50am connected Friday. However, soon aft take-off, portion flying implicit the state of Córdoba, the plane was diverted and returned to its departure airdrome for an exigency landing.

According to reports, the aviator decided to instrumentality to Buenos Aires aft formation attendants and immoderate passengers heard expected sound coming from the cargo clasp of the aircraft, arsenic if idiosyncratic was trapped and was knocking from below, asking for assistance to get out. A writer who was connected the level told vigor presumption Cadena 3 that the aviator announced the level was returning to Buenos Aires owed to a problem, earlier revealing that determination mightiness beryllium a idiosyncratic successful the cargo hold.

The clasp is not accessible erstwhile the craft is successful flight, and is not utilized to store unrecorded cargo. Once the level arrived backmost successful Buenos Aires, melodramatic footage shared connected societal media shows equipped constabulary getting acceptable to participate the cargo clasp of the craft to find the trapped person.

Clarín, the largest paper successful Argentina, reported that the Special Tactical Assault Group (GEAT), the Explosives and Special Weapons Control Group (GEDEX), the Canine Technology Binomial were deployed to woody with the incident. Personnel from the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC), PFA Firefighters and Health were besides progressive successful the operation.

However, erstwhile each the aircraft's cargo holds were checked, they recovered "negative results" and didn't spot immoderate signs of danger. Emergency services said: "The clasp was opened and the unloading of the luggage containers began, without thing extracurricular the mean parameters being seen astatine the time."

The formation was yet cancelled owed to "overdue crew", meaning that the hours successful which they could proceed moving were exceeded. However, American Airlines aboriginal rescheduled the flight.

Passengers were near frustrated implicit the incident, with immoderate reporting that they were wrong the level for hours earlier receiving authoritative quality of the incident. A antheral said the "unusual" incidental seemed to beryllium "straight retired of a movie" portion a pistillate who witnessed the incidental described it arsenic "scary".

On Friday, American Airlines confirmed determination was nary contented connected the level and the formation would beryllium departing aboriginal that day. The hose tweeted: "Reports of a idiosyncratic successful cargo are not accurate.

"Flight 954 returned to Buenos Aires owed to a reported sound successful the cargo clasp but, aft a thorough search, it was determined determination was nary issue. Our customers volition beryllium re-departing aboriginal contiguous and we apologize for the inconvenience."

The Mirror has contacted American Airlines and Ezeiza International Airport for remark connected the incident.