Delta Airlines Lagos to Atlanta Flight Reportedly Makes Unscheduled Stop In Dakar │Passenger Taken Into Custody

A Delta Airlines Lagos to Atlanta flight allegedly had to make an unscheduled stop  in Dakar.

No official announcement about the purported incident has been made my mainstream media.

Here are some tweets about the alleged incident:

Update

We have received an official statement from Delta Airlines about the incident:

Delta flight DL55 from Lagos to Atlanta diverted to Dakar, Senegal for precautionary reasons. After a short stop, the flight resumed to the United States. The safety and security of our passengers and crew is our number one priority. For more information on delta, go to www.delta.com.

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Signed,

Olivia Cullis, Director Corporate Communications, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Delta Air Lines