'Unruly' passenger detained after Detroit-Honolulu flight
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(CNN) -- A man who allegedly became "unruly" on a Northwest Airlines flight from Detroit to Honolulu on Thursday had to be subdued by the flight crew, an FBI official said.
According to Honolulu FBI Special Agent in Charge Charles Goodwin, Brandon Gabriel Rines has been charged with interfering with a flight crew and is being held at the Federal Detention Facility in Honolulu.
"Rines initially became agitated and would not remain in his seat," Goodwin said in a statement. "He subsequently became more unruly, at which time he was subdued and restrained by crew members."
The incident took place as the country is under a Code Orange, or high, terror alert and numerous flights to and from the United States have been canceled or delayed over security concerns. (Full story)
"There is no apparent nexus to terrorism," Goodwin said.
Northwest Flight 923 left Detroit at 9:29 a.m. and arrived in Honolulu at 2:34 p.m. (7:34 p.m. ET). The episode took place about 90 minutes before the flight landed in Hawaii.
Rines is expected to appear before a U.S. magistrate on Friday, according to the FBI.
