This is the dramatic moment passengers on board a United Airlines flight tackled a young man to the ground after he shouted 'Jihad , Jihad ' and threatened to hijack the aircraft . Flight 1074 to Denver , Colorado had to return to its departure airport in Dulles , Washington last night following a 'disturbance on board ' and was met by law enforcement officials at the gate . Shocking video emerged online showing a young man with a bloodied face being pinned to the floor of the Boeing 737 by several passengers while frantically apologising and shouting in apparent fear as a police officer identifies himself and says he will be removed from the plane . Scroll down for video . Pinned down : Pictures emerged of a young man being tackle to the ground after he reportedly rushed the cockpit of Flight 1074 from Denver to Washington . Shocking : Video emerged online showing a young man with a bloodied face being pinned to the floor of the Boeing 737 by several passengers while frantically apologising and shouting in apparent fear . Pinned : Video of the young man being subdued was posted on Reddit , where individuals claiming to have been among the 33 passengers and six crew on board the plane recounted what they had witnessed . Following the dramatic incident , the passenger , who reportedly attempted to rush the cockpit , was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation . Investigators said they found no weapons either on the man 's person or hidden elsewhere on the plane , adding that nobody was injured in the 'disturbance ' . Video of the young man being subdued was later posted on Reddit , where some individuals claimed to have been among the 33 passengers and six crew on board the Denver-bound plane . Footage on the incident shows a brown-haired man in his 20s or early 30s on the floor of the aircraft with several cuts and bruises on his face . During the clip , which is understood to have been taken after the plane had safely landed , a police officer attempts to calm the man down while he frantically shouts and apologises . Flight : Investigators said they found no weapons either on the man 's person or hidden elsewhere on board the United Airlines flight , adding that nobody was injured in the 'disturbance ' [ FILE IMAGE ] . Return : Flight 1074 to Denver , Colorado had to return to its departure airport in Dulles , Washington ( picturted ) last night following a 'disturbance onboard ' and was met by law enforcement officials at the gate . 'One held his feet and the other one kind of laid on top of him and then the flight attendants went and got some plastic restraints for his arms , ' Donna Tellam , a passenger , told ABC news . 'At one point when his head was down he said there were jihadists in the cargo hold and he did say jihad a couple times . ' United Flight 1074 returned to Dulles at around 10:40pm after a 'disturbance onboard , ' said Kimberly Gibbs , a spokesman for Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority . The passenger who was removed was 'transported to a local hospital for evaluation , ' she added . Flight 1074 had been scheduled to depart Dulles at 10.30pm local time , suggesting it had not been in the air for very long by the time the incident occured . Gibbs said that by about 12:45 am the plane was on its way to Denver . The flight has now been rescheduled for this morning , she added . United Airlines officials plan to accommodate the remaining travelers to Denver this morning , spokesman Luke Punzenberger said .
Man on United Airlines Flight 1074 said to have shouted terrorist slogans . Passengers pinned him to the ground while plane returned to Dulles . Video emerged of him looking bloodied on floor of the Boeing Flight 1074 . He is heard frantically apologising as police officers try to keep him calm . 33 passengers and six crew were on the plane at the time of the incident .