Armed police storm plane as ‘person trapped in cargo hold’ after mystery banging heard

Armed police stormed a grounded American Airlines flight after an unexplained noise was heard on board. The sound was reported at about 30,000 feet on the flight from Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Despite efforts, the crew were unable to locate the source of the noise, leading to police being alerted to a potential threat. The pilot diverted the flight route to New York and made an emergency landing.

Flight 954 took off at 9:15 p.m. on Thursday (October 31) with an expected arrival time of 6:50 a.m. on Friday (November 1). However, while flying over Córdoba, the aircraft abruptly returned to Buenos Aires for an urgent landing.

Panic set in when the crew and passengers heard noises they believed might have been caused by someone trapped in the cargo hold. A journalist on the flight told Cadena 3 radio that the pilot initially mentioned a technical problem for the return before suggesting the possibility that there was a person trapped in the cargo compartment.