Delta CEO says safety of passengers, crew is 'of paramount concern' following incident with off-duty flight attendant

The CEO of Delta talks to "Good Morning America."

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the safety of customers and crew is "of paramount concern" following an incident with an unruly passenger involving a flight attendant from his airline. Last week, a Delta flight was diverted to Oklahoma after an unruly passenger allegedly made terroristic threats and assaulted two flight attendants, according to police. The suspect, Stephon Jamar Duncan, works for Delta as a flight attendant but was off-duty at the time of the incident, according to the airline. "I've got to tell you that our crew onboard that flight handled the situation professionally. They managed it well, resolved it quickly, safely. At no point was that aircraft ever in danger," Bastian said in an interview on "Good Morning America." Calling it an "unfortunate" and "sad situation," Bastian added, "But our team's doing a very, very good job of managing the stressful environment as we're seeing a massive surge in people returning to air travel and to public life."