A man who would only identify himself as Jesus is being called a hero by fellow passengers and crew members of a flight that a hijacker tried to commandeer into landing in San Diego. Jesus was onboard the flight Sunday morning from Guanajuato’s Bajío Airport to the Mexican border city of Tijuana.

A Tijuana-bound flight from Leon, Mexico, faced a hijacking attempt by a man claiming to have received death threats. Passengers and crew, including a key elderly passenger, bravely subdued the suspect who was holding a flight attendant hostage.

A Volaris flight from Guanajuato to Tijuana was briefly hijacked Sunday morning by a passenger who threatened to jump from the plane if it was not diverted to San Diego.