American Airlines flight diverted after passenger runs for cockpit door yelling 'God is real'

Flight 2796 from Miami International Airport on its way to Chicago was diverted to Jacksonville International Airport.

A plane had to be diverted after an unruly passenger screamed and ran towards the cockpit door to try to open it, according to reports.

An American Airlines jet is preparing to land at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in Rosemont, Illinois in this illustrative image. Passengers on an American Airlines flight to Chicago say they stopped a man who tried to open the cockpit door.After flight attendants and an off-duty pilot subdued him, the unnamed man managed to break free.

The flight departed again for its final destination shortly before 4 p.m. No other flights from the airport were affected.

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