Overview
- American Airlines said Flight 1218 from Phoenix to Washington diverted to Kansas City for a disruptive customer, where police removed the passenger before the flight continued and landed normally.
- Flight tracking shows the jet diverted roughly 2 hours and 41 minutes after takeoff, landing around 6:15 p.m. local time, departing about an hour later, and arriving at Reagan National that night.
- Passengers’ video captured the woman apologizing as she was escorted off and declaring, “We live in a fascist state.”
- Reps. Greg Stanton, Eli Crane, Andy Biggs, and Paul Gosar were on board en route to vote on legislation to reopen the government.
- Local coverage reported charges are pending, while a Kansas City city spokesperson told People the individual was not arrested and was escorted to rebook another flight.