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A Southwest Airlines flight traveling from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale diverted to Atlanta on Friday night after a possible security concern.<\/span><\/p>\n Footage from the incident shows passengers inside the plane seated with their heads down and hands up as Atlanta Police travel to the back of the plane. A man is then removed from his seat and placed into handcuffs.<\/span><\/p>\n The pilot and flight attendants can be heard repeatedly saying \u201cheads down, hands up\u201d as passengers comply.<\/p>\n \u2708\ufe0f Shocking video: plane in the U.S. makes emergency landing over security threat on board<\/p>\n Atlanta \u2014 A Southwest Airlines flight from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale was forced to divert and land in Atlanta late Friday night due to a reported security threat, authorities said.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/PJDCbRfQBi<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Flight tracking software from FlightAware shows the plane landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at about 9 p.m. WSB-TV 2 reports the Federal Bureau of Investigation determined there was no credible threat.<\/span><\/p>\n Southwest told 11Alive, <\/span>\u201cSouthwest Airlines Flight 2094 landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) Friday evening after diverting to respond to a possible security matter. We appreciate the professionalism of our Flight Crew and apologize to our Customers for the delay. Nothing is more important to Southwest than the Safety of its Customers and Employees.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The Daily Wire has reached out to the Atlanta Police Department and the FBI for comment.<\/p>\n The incident comes as the United States is on high alert following the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.<\/p>\n In the immediate aftermath of the strikes, Ndiaga Diagne, a Senegalese man wearing an Iranian flag shirt underneath a hoodie with the phrase \u201cProperty of Allah\u201d emblazoned on it, opened fire<\/a> in Austin, Texas, killing three and injuring 14.<\/p>\n Authorities have not yet definitively linked the terror attack to the Iran strikes.<\/p>\n Jake Braun, a former senior counselor to the Secretary of Homeland Security, recently spoke<\/a> with ABC7, a Chicago affiliate, about the risk of homeland attacks, both cyber and physical, noting that multiple targets are potentially vulnerable.<\/p>\n An Iranian ayatollah called on Thursday for President Trump\u2019s blood to be shed during a message<\/a> on Iranian state TV.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are now on the verge of a great test and we must be careful to fully preserve this unity, to fully preserve this alliance,\u201d said Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli in the message, going on<\/a> to call for \u201cthe shedding of Zionist blood, the shedding of Trump\u2019s blood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Invoking the \u201cImam of the time,\u201d Amoli said, \u201cFight the oppressive America, his blood is on my shoulders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n