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Coverage dated August 13, 2025

LAX-bound flight diverted due to skateboard-waving passenger shouting racist slurs

Headline from NBC New York

An altercation on a Breeze Airways flight from Virginia to Los Angeles led to the arrest of an unruly passenger who twice broke free from restraints.

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  1. NBC News

    Breeze Airways flight diverted due to passenger waving skateboard and shouting slurs (opens NBC News)

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    A plane bound for Los Angeles International Airport from Virginia was diverted to an airport in Colorado on Wednesday after an unruly passenger shouted racist slurs and waved a skateboard, officials said

  2. NBC New York

    LAX-bound flight diverted due to skateboard-waving passenger shouting racist slurs (opens NBC New York)

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    An altercation on a Breeze Airways flight from Virginia to Los Angeles led to the arrest of an unruly passenger who twice broke free from restraints.

  3. Foxla

    Flight to LAX diverted after drunk passenger yells racial slurs, waves skateboard at staff (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    Flight attendants tried to restrain the man twice, police said, but he broke out both times.

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