AL: Unruly Passenger Forces Southwest Landing in Alabama

Dec. 27, 2017

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Police say a Southwest Airlines flight from Tennessee to Florida made an unscheduled landing in Alabama after the flight crew struggled to control an unruly passenger.

Birmingham police Sgt. Bryan Shelton said the passenger assaulted a flight attendant during the Friday evening flight from Nashville to Tampa.

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