[2] At around 05:00 local time, the cockpit of a British Airways Boeing 747-400 on a scheduled flight from Gatwick to Jomo Kenyatta Airport was stormed by a mentally unstable Kenyan passenger named Paul Mukonyi.

[3][4] Attacking First Officer Phil Watson over the controls, Mukonyi grabbed the yoke, and tried to execute a route change.

Violent pitch changes during the incident were responsible for minor injuries among four passengers;[4] one of the cabin crew broke her ankle.

[4] The actions right after the apprehension were recorded on amateur video by the son of English musician Bryan Ferry; both were passengers on the flight.

In 2013 another small group of British passengers attempted to bring a lawsuit against BA, but a legal case could not be made and their efforts came to nothing.