A Delta co-pilot that passengers say was taken from the cockpit by federal agents after landing at San Francisco International Airport Saturday night has been arrested on a child sex charge.

Federal agents and sheriff's deputies stormed the cockpit of a Delta Airlies flight from Minneapolis to San Francisco over the weekend and arrested the co-pilot on child sexual assault charges, authorities said.

Federal and local law enforcement officers boarded a Delta Air Lines flight moments after landing at San Francisco International Airport Saturday night to arrest the plane’s co-pilot on serious child sex abuse charges.