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The pilot of an American Airlines flight between Washington and Phoenix had to speak to calm pro-Trump activists aboard the aircraft on Friday.

In mid-flight, he asked these passengers to "hold on properly" and threatened to divert the plane.

Disruptors chanted slogans like "USA" or "Fight for Trump,"

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reports

.

Wow.

I'm on a plane full of patriots flying from DC to Phoenix and we started chanting “USA” ... and the Captain came on said told us he'd drop us off in Kansas if he had to if we didn't obey their every single rule.



American Airlines is everything but American. @ AmericanAir pic.twitter.com/duFt2W90cc

- Mindy Robinson 🇺🇸 (@iheartmindy) January 8, 2021

Some of the travelers wore a "Make America Great Again" cap, seen in a video filmed by one of them in the cabin and posted on Twitter.

Members of the group also refused to keep their masks on during the flight, American Airlines said in a statement to the

New York Post

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The pilot therefore "insisted on the importance of following the instructions of the flight crew," said the airline.

No incident to deplore

The captain also asked the passengers concerned to "apply the rule of compulsory face coverage".

The American carrier however specified that no "incident during the flight" had officially been to be deplored.

The pilot, however, strongly reframed the occupants of the aircraft refractory to the regulations, shows another video taken on board about halfway between Washington and Phoenix.

“This is what's going to happen,” the pilot said over the intercom.

[…] We'll land right in the middle of Kansas and bring people down, I don't care.

We'll do that if we have to, so hold on tight please ”.

The aircraft took off at 2:41 p.m. from Washington, where pro-Donald Trump rioters stormed the Capitol two days earlier.

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