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Flight From NY Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant Flight From NY Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant
Flight From NY Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant An American Airlines flight from New York was diverted after a passenger allegedly assaulted a flight attendant. Flight 976 had departed New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport around 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27, and was headed to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, but was diverted to Denver because of the incident, the airline said in a statement. The aircraft landed safely and taxied to the gate where law enforcement removed and apprehended the passenger, the airline said.  American Airlines did not provide details or the flight attendant's condition. But passe…

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