Couple arrested on Delta flight
Published 9:34 am Thursday, December 29, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — A man and woman said to be causing a disturbance on a Delta Air Lines flight forced to the pilot to return to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport where the two were arrested and removed from the plane.
An airport spokesman said the flight to Los Angeles took off at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, but returned to the Twin Cities airport at 7:35 p.m.
Authorities said the couple refused to follow flight crew instructions and became disruptive. Video taken on the plane shows the man attacking another passenger as officers try to remove him from the plane. The woman cursed as officers escorted her off the flight.