American Airlines Flight Diverted After Attendant Allegedly Assaulted

Delta Airlines craft lands successful Los Angeles International Airport successful Los Angeles connected May 1, 2021. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)

An probe is underway Oct. 28 aft a rider allegedly assaulted a flight attendant connected an American Airlines formation bound for John Wayne Airport successful Santa Ana, California.

American Airlines formation 967 landed safely successful Denver aft departing from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport owed to a “passenger who physically assaulted a formation attendant,” according to American Airlines.

The rider was taken into custody erstwhile the level landed Wednesday astatine 6:37 MT.

The incidental occurred astir halfway done the formation erstwhile it was implicit Ohio, rider Mackenzie Rose told CBSLA.

The formation attendant had humor connected her aft the assault, according to Rose.

Several witnesses said the battle occurred implicit a quality astir wearing a mask, according to CBSLA.

“We are outraged by the reports of what took spot connected board. Acts of unit against our squad members volition not beryllium tolerated by American Airlines,” American Airlines said successful a statement.

“The idiosyncratic progressive successful this incidental volition ne'er beryllium allowed to question with American Airlines successful the future, but we volition not beryllium satisfied until helium has been prosecuted to the afloat grade of the law. This behaviour indispensable stop, and assertive enforcement and prosecution of the instrumentality is the champion deterrent.

“Our thoughts are with our injured formation attendant and ensuring that she and her chap unit members person the enactment they request astatine this time.”

It is unclear the grade of the formation attendant’s injuries.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced it volition analyse the incident.

City News Service contributed to this report.