Disruptive passenger restrained on Oregon-bound flight

USPA News - A disruptive man was subdued and restrained by passengers and crew members on Monday after he made `unusual` statements and attempted to open an emergency exit door during a flight from Alaska to Oregon, federal officials said. There were no injuries.

The incident happened at approximately 5:20 a.m. local time when Alaska Airlines flight 132, a Boeing 737-800, was on its descent into Portland International Airport in Oregon after a flight from Anchorage. Passengers and crew members interviewed by Port of Portland Police officers said the man had made `unusual statements` before attempting to open an emergency exit row door. "Passengers and crew subdued the man, and they restrained him until they landed and Port officers boarded the plane," said Beth Anne Steele, a spokeswoman for the Portland Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The man, identified as 23-year-old Alexander Michael Herrera from Arizona, was detained by Port of Portland Police officers and later placed under arrest by FBI agents. Herrera was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on a charge of interfering with a flight crew and is expected to make his initial appearance before a federal magistrate in Portland on Tuesday. Other details about the incident were not immediately available, but no one was injured.