(Gray News) - A man was arrested for alleged unruly behavior on an American Airlines flight, causing it to divert to Baltimore, according to multiple reports.
The incident took place on an American Airlines flight that took off from Dallas and was en route to Newark,
Juan Mejia, a passenger on that flight and a former law enforcement officer, told ABC he began hearing a disturbance near the end of the flight.
Mejia said the man, identified as 67-year-old Arthur Lundeen, was allegedly making derogatory remarks to the staff and other passengers.
Witnesses on the flight said Lundeen appeared to be drunk. When a flight attendant tried to calm him down, he started making racial slurs, vulgar language, very offensive to the women.
Mejia and his friend said they monitored the situation and intervened after Lundeen became physical.
Lundeen was then restrained to his seat with duct tape and his hands were restrained with zip ties, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority Police.
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