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Flight diverted to Oklahoma City due to unruly passenger

Flight diverted to Oklahoma City due to unruly passenger
5 years 5 months 3 weeks ago Wednesday, June 19 2019 Jun 19, 2019 June 19, 2019 11:26 AM June 19, 2019 in News - AP Texas Headlines

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Police say an American Airlines flight from Pittsburgh to Dallas was diverted to Oklahoma City because of a drunken, unruly passenger.

The airline says the flight landed in Oklahoma City at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday and departed less than an hour later for Dallas/Fort Worth.

Police body camera footage shows one apparent passenger saying "go get him" as three officers enter the plane to take 32-year-old Brandon Ganus into custody. Passengers then applaud as the Weatherfod, Texas, man is led away in handcuffs.

A police report says Ganus was arrested on misdemeanor complaints of public intoxication, resisting arrest, assault and battery, and disorderly conduct.

The report says Ganus used a "variety of ... colorful obscenities" to threaten the officers and their families, and that he was eventually taken from the airport in a wheelchair because he had dropped to his knees to resist arrest.

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