Brothers' onboard fight cuts short JetBlue flight
Published: Sun, Sep. 07, 2008 10:15AM
Modified Sun, Sep. 07, 2008 10:16AM
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closeTwo brothers got in a fight aboard a JetBlue flight from Boston to Fort Lauderdale Saturday, causing the captain to land at Raleigh-Durham International Airport where federal agents arrested one of the fraternal combatants, an airport spokesman said this morning.
The airliner landed at RDU around 5:40 p.m. There were no injuries to other passengers, said Don Atkinson, airport spokesman.
FBI agents arrested one of the brothers, who was not identified, Atkinson said. The other brother was released. It was unclear whether he re-boarded the Florida-bound flight when it resumed its journey about 7:30 p.m. after an almost two-hour delay.
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