United Airlines Jet Makes Unscheduled Landing in Florida After Passenger Fights With Crew Member

United Airlines Jet Makes Unscheduled Landing in Florida After Passenger Fights With Crew Member
A United Airlines jetliner lifts off from Denver International Airport in Denver on June 10, 2020. David Zalubowski/AP Photo
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ORLANDO, Fla.—A United Airlines jet from Miami to New Jersey made an unscheduled landing in Orlando, Florida, this week after a passenger became “aggressive and disruptive,” the airline said.

Video aired by WSVN-TV shows a fight between a woman and a flight attendant in the cabin of the aircraft. The cellphone video appears to show a passenger putting her face on the flight attendant’s shoulder during the struggle, and coming away with a piece of his shirt in her mouth.