passengers say that veteran pilot clayton osbeen had a mental break down. running up the aisle rapting ranting about a bomb and screaming they are going to take us down. the became irate after the copilot locked him out of the cockpit. >> he was banging on the door, telling him to bring the throttle to idle, we are all going to down, pray to jesus. >> they took action. >> impulsively we jumped up and grabbed him and pulled him away from the cockpit door and he started ranting. >> we had no other option but to physically restrain this individual on the ground until the plane was safely landed. >> reporter: the crew brought an off-duty pilot on board into the cockpit to help with the landing. >> we declare an emergency at this time, we are going to need priority. >> it land safely in texas and he was taken into custody. in a tv interview the president of jet blew said he has known him for years and that nothing in the pilot's record would indicate he would be a risk on a flight. bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> police and the faa interviewed all the pass