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Breeze Airways flight diverts after unruly passenger twice breaks free of restraints: Police
The intoxicated passenger broke free from restraints twice and forced an emergency landing; FAA reports over 1,000 unruly passenger incidents so far in 2025.
- An intoxicated passenger became agitated onboard a Norfolk-to-LAX flight, yelling racial slurs and waving a skateboard, leading the plane to divert to Grand Junction, Colorado.
- The passenger was restrained twice but broke free, resulting in minor injuries to a flight attendant and passenger.
- The passenger was taken into custody by Grand Junction police at the FBI's direction upon landing and transported to jail.
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Shortly after the take-off, a passenger on a Breeze-Airways flight becomes a safety risk: the man screams through the plane, insults fellow travellers racially and becomes tangible. Because the crew does not manage to tame him, the pilots draw consequences.
East Bay Times
The Mercury newsFlight to California diverted after unruly passenger yells slurs at staff
A flight traveling to Los Angeles International Airport from Virginia was diverted to Colorado on Wednesday after an intoxicated passenger yelled racist slurs at airline staff. A Breeze Airways flight diverted to an airport in Colorado after an unruly passenger got into an altercation, according to the airline and local authorities. The flight diverted after the passenger was waving a skateboard and got into an altercation with flight attendant…
Breeze Airways flight delayed 7 hours after diverting due to an 'unruly' skateboard-waving passenger
Police attended to the flight after it diverted to Colorado.Courtesy of Grand Junction Police DepartmentA Breeze Airways flight from Virginia to Los Angeles diverted to Colorado.Local police said a passenger shouted racial slurs while waving a skateboard.He was arrested after twice breaking free from restraints, police added.A cross-country Breeze Airways flight took nearly 13 hours after diverting when an "unruly" passenger got into an altercat…
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