Suspect taken off diverted JetBlue flight at RDU

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Two stories appear below:

Story #1:
http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/3497411/

Suspect taken off diverted JetBlue flight at RDU
Posted: Today at 8:07 p.m.

Raleigh, N.C. =E2=80=94 A JetBlue flight from Boston to Fort Lauderdale, Fl=
a., diverted to Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Saturday after an a=
ltercation on the plane, RDU officials said.

Flight 455, which had left Boston over two hours late, landed at RDU at 5:4=
0 p.m., they said.

RDU police met the plane and held an individual until FBI agents arrived. T=
he FBI handles in-air incidents because they come under federal jurisdictio=
n.

RDU officials said they were not allowed to disclose the nature of the alte=
rcation and whether the person held was a man or a woman.

JetBlue showed that the flight, originally scheduled to be in Fort Lauderda=
le at 4:20 p.m., would get there at 9:17 instead.


Story #2:
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/travelgetaways/17410720/detail.html

Florida-Bound Flight Diverted After Fight Breaks Out
Plane Headed For Florida Lands In North Carolina

POSTED: 8:07 pm EDT September 6, 2008
UPDATED: 8:40 pm EDT September 6, 2008

BOSTON -- A flight that left Boston headed for Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Satur=
day was forced to land in North Carolina after a fight broke out onboard, a=
ccording to Jet Blue authorities.

Jet Blue flight 455, which took off from Logan Airport at 3:28 p.m. on Satu=
rday, was scheduled to arrive in Florida in the afternoon, but made an unsc=
heduled landing in Raleigh, N.C., following the incident.

According to the airline, 88 passengers and four crew members were on board=
 the plane.

One person sustained a facial injury, which may have been from a fist, the =
Transportation Security Administration said. TSA said the fight involved th=
ree people, who were all possibly related to each other. One person was smo=
king in the bathroom, TSA said.

The flight was met by airport police officers upon landing. One person has =
been detained.

Jet Blue officials did not provide any additional information about the inc=
ident.


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