Emergency On US Plane After Pilot 'Goes Nuts'

A plane from New York to Las Vegas had to be diverted to Texas after its captain "went nuts" and began yelling about a bomb.

The JetBlue flight 191, which had 135 passengers on board, had been airborne for around three and a half hours when the pilot began running down the aisles.

He had reportedly been locked out of the cockpit by concerned colleagues and an off-duty captain who happened to be a passenger on the flight took over and landed the plane.

JetBlue said in a statement that the diversion to Amarillo followed "a medical situation involving the captain".

Witnesses reported the captain shouting: "Say your prayers", while the word "bomb" could be heard during YouTube footage of the incident.

He was reportedly seen banging repeatedly on the cockpit door and demanding to be let back in.

But witnesses say he was eventually restrained by passengers on the plane. more