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河南省南阳市2019-2020学年高一上学期英语期中考试试卷
US flight forced to land due to unruly passenger
An American Airlines flight was forced to make an unscheduled stop after a male passenger became unruly, punching seats, yelling at other passengers and smoking cigarettes.
1 from Phoenix, Flight 2408 was headed to Minneapolis on Friday when the passenger became 2 about one hour after takeoff. Passenger Jim Dickey, who was traveling for a conference, said the man began yelling and making 3 toward the other passengers. "He 4 the seat in front of him and the lady 5," Dickey told CNN.
Dickey said the pilot announced the flight was diverting(转向,绕道) about 20 minutes after the 6 began. The flight landed in Denver and the man was 7 from the plane by law enforcement.
"You could 8 by the sound that the plane started landing pretty 9after the flight attendants started to 10 what was going on", he said. And some of the male passengers were prepared to 11the passenger physically, he added. "The guy right behind me switched seats to the aisle 12things went wrong," Dickey said.
American Airlines issued a statement admitting that the thing was 13. "Law enforcement met the flight and saw 14 leave again," said Whitney Zastrow, a spokeswoman for American Airlines. Denver Police confirmed to CNN that they 15to a call of a disturbance. When 16met the passenger they determined it was a "medical call due to the person being in crisis" and transported him to the 17, according to Denver Police Department spokesman Jay Casillas. Police did not 18charges in the incident, Casillas said.
Dickey said the rest of the flight was the 19one he'd ever been on. "When we got back on the plane in Denver and continued on to 20, I don't think anybody said a word," he said.
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