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Unruly passenger forces Atlanta-to-LA Delta jet to land in Albuquerque

By The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A disruptive passenger forced a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles to land at the Albuquerque International Sunport between 6 and 7 p.m. Thursday.<br /> <br /> Airport spokesman Daniel Jiron told the Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/1HJ84bv ) that Sunport police arrested the passenger, who was traveling on Delta Flight 81, once the plane landed.<br /> <br /> Jiron tells the Journal that he doesn't know the nature of the incident that made the pilot feel he had to land the plane.<br /> <br /> He adds that the FBI was called, which is standard in cases like this.<br /> <br /> The man was not charged and did not get back on the plane. The plane left for Los Angeles around 8 p.m.
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