Off by police. Our aviation correspondent david kerley has all the latest. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, george. Anxious moments. A scream and then a scuffle on board this jetliner which was forced to make that emergency landing. [ bleep ] you. [ bleep ]. Reporter an unruly female passenger, hogtied escorted off a United Airlines flight after attacking a Flight Attendant leading to an emergency landing. Do you need any other assistance besides just police at the gate . Reporter it had 69 passengers and 4 crew members and took off from new york just after 7 00 p. M. Headed for chicago but 30 minutes into the flight the female passenger asks if she could get off the plane. When a Flight Attendant says no. Passengers say the woman erupted. She attacked the Flight Attendant and some guy used his neck tie to tie her wrists or her ankles. She scratched my face. Reporter the woman attacked another passenger. Thats when three others jump as the pilots divert to detroit where they
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