American Airways Flight Carrying 4 Congressmen Diverted As a consequence of Unruly Passenger

4 congressmen flying to Washington, D.C. had their airplane diverted to Kansas Metropolis after one other passenger obtained too rowdy — and possibly too political!

Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) had been all seated on an American Airways flight from Phoenix Sky Harbor Worldwide Airport to D.C. Wednesday night time when a “disruptive passenger” compelled the plane to make an emergency touchdown at KC Worldwide Airport, in line with authorities.

FlightAware — which gives actual time flight monitoring information — confirmed the airplane had been up within the air for greater than 2 and half hours earlier than touchdown. Whereas the passenger was behaving unruly, it stays unclear what precisely she did to immediate the diversion.

As soon as the airplane parked on the gate, a Kansas Metropolis PD officer boarded and escorted the passenger off the plane. One other passenger recorded video of the lady as she was exiting and yelling, “Sorry folks, you live in a fascist state.”

A rep for American Airways confirmed to TMZ … police eliminated the passenger from the airplane in Kansas Metropolis earlier than the plane took off once more to its last vacation spot, Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport, the place it landed safely.