American Airlines Plane Turns Around After Passenger Reportedly Throws Fit Over Meal

An American Airlines formation was forced to crook backmost astir aft a disruptive rider began to frighten different passengers connected the mode from New York to Milan connected Tuesday, April 8, the hose said.

AA Flight 198 departed from John F. Kennedy International Airport astir 7 p.m. connected Monday, April 7. Four hours into the eight-hour journey, the unit announced that the level would beryllium heading backmost to New York.

The determination to instrumentality to the departure metropolis came aft 1 rider became aggravated due to the fact that helium didn’t person his preferred meal, CBS News reports. He was besides informed that helium couldn’t beryllium successful an exit enactment with a baby.

“The information of our customers and squad members is our apical precedence and we expect our customers to comply with national regulations to travel unit subordinate instructions. We ne'er privation to disrupt our customers’ question plans and we convey them for their understanding,” an American Airlines typical said successful a connection to PEOPLE.

After the level was rerouted, it landed safely astatine JFK astatine 3:30 a.m., rider Michael Scigliano told CBS News. The passengers near again connected Tuesday astatine astir 11 a.m., 16 hours aft their archetypal takeoff.

CBS News reports that a constabulary root said the antheral was released without transgression charges.

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Passenger Krystie Tomlinson told CBS News that she and different passengers “noticed a scuffle successful the back.”

“They were asking astir if determination were immoderate constabulary officers oregon Army members, oregon idiosyncratic who could assistance due to the fact that determination were nary aerial marshals on," Tomlinson said, noting that the rider successful the backmost “was charging astatine the stewardesses.”

“At immoderate point, helium charged past each of our seats and tried to barge into the pilot's cabin," Tomlinson continued. "Apparently, the full happening started due to the fact that of a repast prime they didn't get. I conjecture they asked for it up of time. They ne'er got precisely what they wanted. They besides wanted to beryllium successful an exit row. They had a babe with them, truthful they told them they couldn't and seemingly those 2 things are what pushed the idiosyncratic implicit the edge."

"The feline was inactive successful the backmost of the level unprotected, unrestrained, which was a small spot scary considering we had a level afloat of 300 radical and determination was nary aerial marshal connected board, and we've got this brainsick antheral successful the back," Scigliano told the outlet. He besides noted that the unit was “telling everyone that determination were method issues connected the plane, which is adjacent scarier.”

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Both Scigliano and Tomlinson told CBS News the hose did not accommodate passengers erstwhile they returned. They noted that they stayed overnight astatine the airdrome portion they were waiting to depart erstwhile again.

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Representatives for the FAA and the New York Police Department did not instantly respond to PEOPLE’s petition for much accusation connected Wednesday.

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