American Airlines Flight 38, with 129 passengers and 14 crew members, turned back to Miami about an hour into the trip.
The traveler has been banned from flying the airline pending an investigation, the carrier said. The Miami-Dade Police Department didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Reports of unruly behavior on planes surged to a record 5,981 last year, more than 71% tied to disputes over a federal mask mandate that went into effect early last year, though airlines had required them since the pandemic began. Some incidents included physical assault against crews. In October, an American Airlines flight attendant was hospitalized after a passenger allegedly struck her in the face, forcing the cross-country flight to divert and hospitalizing the flight attendant.
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