A Southwest Airways flight sure from Houston, Texas, to Columbus, Ohio, was pressured to make an emergency touchdown in Little Rock, Arkansas, Saturday afternoon as a result of a passenger disturbance.
Southwest Flight 192 landed at Invoice and Hillary Clinton Nationwide Airport at about 3:30 p.m. native time, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to CBS Information in an announcement, after "the crew declared an emergency as a result of a passenger disturbance."
An airline spokesperson described the incident to CBS Information in an electronic mail as "unruly habits from a passenger."
After touchdown in Little Rock, the passenger was faraway from the flight, the airline spokesperson stated. The aircraft was met by officers with each the Transportation Safety Administration and native regulation enforcement, the FAA stated.
No additional particulars on the incident had been confirmed. The suspect's id and the fees they could face weren't instantly offered.
The aircraft had departed William P. Interest Airport, and was headed for John Glenn Columbus Worldwide Airport when it was diverted, the FAA stated.
Disruptive passenger habits aboard planes has been a big subject over the previous few years. In 2021, 5,981 such incidents had been reported to the FAA. The FAA has obtained 2,178 stories of unruly passenger habits to this point this yr, prompting greater than 760 investigations.