LOS ANGELES (CNS) — An airline passenger is facing possible federal charges after being arrested after his assaults on an air marshal and a flight attendant caused a Los Angeles-bound flight to be diverted to Oklahoma City.

Flight Delta 342 from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles International Airport had to make an emergency landing around 7:40 p.m. at Will Rodgers Airport in Oklahoma City, where law enforcement took the man into custody, according to local media.

According to news reports, the passenger became combative and allegedly assaulted a flight attendant at some point. An air marshal intervened, and the passenger then attacked the marshal, who was eventually able to subdue him.

It is unclear what provoked the assaults.

Delta Flight 342 landed at LAX just after 10:30 p.m.

A local news station reported the passenger, identified as Ariel Pennington, 35, of Washington, D.C., was booked into Oklahoma City Jail on complaints of disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

The flight attendant and air marshal were not seriously injured, a local news station reported.

"Delta applauds the quick action and professionalism of the crew and federal air marshals on Delta flight 324 from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles, which diverted to Oklahoma City after a customer became unruly and was removed from the flight by local law enforcement," the airline said in a statement that was reported by media. "We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience."