Flight Diverted Over ‘Intoxicated’ Skateboard-Waving Passenger’s Mid-Air Meltdown
Passengers said it was like being in a Hollywood movie.

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A slur-hurling, skateboard-wielding, Breeze Airways passenger allegedly created such drama on a flight to LA that the plane had to divert to Colorado, where he was picked up by the FBI. Fellow passengers were forced to restrain the unruly suspect, who allegedly threw racial slurs during his mid-air meltdown after taking off from Norfolk, Virginia. Passengers who had been aiming for California found themselves in Grand Junction. One passenger told 6ABC, “This Tony Hawk wannabe... with his skateboard, had too many Bloody Marys this morning.” Footage gathered from the incident shows the accused squabbling with cabin crew before being physically restrained by a passenger. The FBI’s Denver Field Office confirmed that David Leroy White House Creates Secret Enemies List of Biggest CompaniesJr, 46, of Los Angeles, was arrested at Grand Junction Regional Airport. Details of any charges have not been released yet. Grand Junction Police Department said it received a report that an “intoxicated male passenger became agitated, yelling racist slurs at airline staff while waving a skateboard.” The FBI has informed the Daily Beast that the case has now been charged.
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