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The Delta Airlines pilot arrested after landing his plane at a California airport has been charged with alarming child sex crimes following a three-month investigation involving the feds, authorities said.
Rustom Bhagwagar, 34, was cuffed by federal officers Saturday night onboard Delta Flight 2809 after it touched down in San Francisco from Minneapolis.
Bhagwagar — who was serving as co-pilot on the flight — was hit with five counts of oral copulation with a child under 10 years old, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s office announced on Monday.
His arrest shocked passengers and flight crew alike, who were preparing to deplane when about 10 Sheriff’s office detectives and federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations swarmed the plane and hauled the co-pilot away in handcuffs.
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