Passenger claiming to have a bomb is tackled today on board an LA-bound plane.

A man who claimed to have a bomb aboard a Los Angeles-bound airliner and lunged for a door after it landed was tackled by other passengers and held for questioning Wednesday, authorities said.

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Nobody was hurt and no other flights were disrupted.

Delta Air Lines Flight 110 from Atlanta was on approach to Los Angeles International Airport when the man allegedly stated that he had a bomb, said FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller, who noted that he exact sequence of events was being developed.

The plane touched down just before 10:30 a.m. and as it was taxiing “at some point he lunged for one of the doors,” Eimiller said.

Several passengers tackled the man and he was bound with plastic devices, Eimiller said.

“He also tried to assault a flight attendant” at some point, Eimiller said.

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What kind of man?