Fistfight on JetBlue Airlines

Imagine sitting on a plane, just enjoying your flight to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and a fight erupts between three grown men in the back row. That is exactly what happened on a Jetblue fight this past Saturday. According to the criminal complaint written by the FBI, Andrew Mark Thompson was on the flight with his brother and cousin. Thompson went into the bathroom to smoke a cigarette and was confronted and warned about not smoking on the airplane by the flight attendant, his brother and cousin. The complaint also said that Thompson later asked for an alcoholic beverage but could not receive one because he violated the no smoking rule. He then became very angry, cursing and yelling, and begged his brother to buy the drink for him. After his brother refused, Thompson lunged across the aisle and punched his brother in the left eye, causing it to bleed onto the aisle floor. The fight continued for 20 minutes and had to make an unexpected landing in North Carolina so the FBI could investigate and interview passengers. On Monday, Thompson was charged with assault and intimidating a flight crew in court. I really found this article intersting because it was such a dramatic scene and that usually doesnt happen on airplanes. I've flown to Ft.Lauderdale many times and its scary to think that a big fight could be going on right behind you while your still flying. The coverage of this event was good and gave all the facts in the story. The article mainly focused on the information from the FBI report, which was very informative. I liked this story and its good to get this kind of news out to people because anyone could be on a flight with crazy people like that.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/09/08/flight.diverted/index.html