UPDATE
6:24 PM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the passenger has been identified as Jerome Anixter, a 60-year-old Brooklyn man, who was arrested and charged with assault, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration.
We’re told Port Authority Police responded after Delta reported a disruptive passenger who appeared intoxicated while the plane was at the gate preparing for departure.
A Delta passenger was caught on video using the n-word while being escorted off a flight by cops … after allegedly screaming “death to America” and pretending to shoot fellow travelers.
Video circulating on X shows the unruly passenger being removed from a Delta flight Thursday, which was scheduled to travel from New York City’s JFK International Airport to Atlanta.
EXCLUSIVE: Passenger melts down, screams ‘death to America’ and pretends to shoot other travelers on a JFK to ATL flight. More to follow. https://t.co/itXRgSy160
In the video, the man can be heard using the n-word as cops escort him off the plane…