Albuquerque, N.M. ? A flight from Los Angeles to Florida was diverted to Albuquerque early Friday after a passenger sprayed the first-class cabin with a water bottle, tried to open a cabin door and threatened to blow up the aircraft.

Crew members and passengers on Delta Air Lines flight 2148 to Tampa, Fla., subdued Stanley Dwayne Sheffield, 46. He was taken into federal custody after the plane landed at 1:30 a.m. Friday.

“There wasn’t time to think, just react. When somebody says they’re going to blow up the plane, there’s no fooling around,” said Tampa Bay Rays broadcaster and former major league manager Kevin Kennedy, who was among a group of eight men who subdued Sheffield.

Kennedy was asleep when the ruckus awoke him, he told reporters before Tampa Bay’s baseball game Friday night against Toronto.

FBI Supervisory Special Agent Darrin Jones said authorities do not believe the incident was related to terrorism.

Sheffield, whose hometown in Florida wasn’t disclosed, was charged with interference with flight crew members and destruction of aircraft. He made an initial appearance Friday before U.S. Magistrate Richard Puglisi, who scheduled preliminary and detention hearings for Monday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Chuck Barth said Sheffield remained jailed in Albuquerque.

According to a criminal complaint, the incident began 90 minutes after takeoff when a flight attendant noticed Sheffield, seated in first class, was awake and asked if he needed anything. Sheffield did not respond.

Sheffield then went to a lavatory and, while returning, grabbed a 2-liter water bottle from a drink cart and sprayed other passengers. “Get behind me, Satan,” Sheffield told the flight attendant.

When flight attendants asked Sheffield to return to his seat, he refused, then tried to open the aircraft’s main door while making threats about blowing up the airplane. “I am going to bring this plane down,” Sheffield said. The complaint said he also shouted: “You need to land this plane or I’m going to blow it up” and, “I will blow up this plane and take you all with me.” He approached the cockpit door, again shouting, “Get behind me, Satan.”

Kennedy and the seven other passengers struggled with Sheffield and tied him up with seat belt extenders and nylon hand restraints. Sheffield broke a belt and a pair of plastic handcuffs put on him after being subdued, so extra seat belts were used to help tie him down, Kennedy said.

The flight to Tampa resumed at 4 a.m.