Passenger arrested for trying to divert Mexican flight to US ‘by use of force’

A passenger on a Volaris flight to Tijuana was arrested after attempting to redirect the plane to the US - (Getty Images)

A passenger on a Mexican flight from El Bajío to Tijuana was arrested after trying to divert the plane to the United States “by use of force,” according to the airline.

Volaris flight 3041 was traveling from El Bajío to Tijuana when a passenger tried to forcibly redirect the plane to the U.S., the airline announced in a statement Sunday.