Overview

• Flight MX704 from Norfolk to Los Angeles altered course after an intoxicated passenger allegedly shouted racist slurs and waved a skateboard.
• Social media footage and flight-tracking data confirm the Airbus circled before landing in Grand Junction and arriving in Los Angeles about seven hours behind schedule.
• The FBI identified the man as 46-year-old David Leroy Carter Jr., who overcame crew restraints twice during the skirmish.
• Grand Junction police, acting under FBI direction, took Carter Jr. into custody and transported him to the Mesa County Detention Facility.
• The FBI’s Denver Field Office said it will forward charges to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Colorado although specific counts have not been disclosed.