Rustom Mehernosh Bhagwagar, 34, of Florida, United States is a pilot for Delta Air Lines, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He is a former resident of Montgomery Village, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA.
Rustom Bhagwagar
Bhagwagar has lived in different parts of California, USA including Castro Valley, Alameda County and San Ramon, Contra Costa County. He used an address in San Ramon on his license when he registered as a pilot.
In April 2025, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office started investigating Bhagwagar as the primary suspect in a case related to sex crimes against a child. After learning about the suspect’s job, detectives obtained a Ramey warrant, an arrest warrant ordered by a court and issued before a suspect is charged.
On July 26, 2025, Bhagwagar was one of the pilots of Delta Flight 2809, which originated in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. At around 9:35 p.m., the plane landed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California.
While passengers were preparing to deplane, Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office detectives boarded the plane with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations. The detectives handcuffed Bhagwagar and removed him from the plane.
Bhagwagar’s personal belongings and luggage were retrieved by another set of officers. He was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility in Martinez, Contra Costa County.
Bail for Bhagwagar was set at $5 million. He faces five counts of oral copulation with a child under 10 years of age.
Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines operates nine hubs, including the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia. The airport is the airline’s largest hub in terms of number of departures and total passengers.
Born in Poughkeepsie, New York USA, Edward Herman Bastian became the chief executive officer of the airline in May 2016 and he turned 68 on June 6, 2025. Founded on December 3, 1928 as Delta Air Service, it is the second oldest operating commercial airline in the U.S.
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