A passenger on a Delta Airlines flight from Cincinnati may have ended up on Santa's naughty list after misbehaving during Christmas week forced a detour to Kansas City.
Delta Air Lines flight 2915 from Cincinnati to Las Vegas was diverted to Kansas City on Dec. 23 to remove an “unruly passenger,” according to a Delta spokesperson.
“Delta has zero tolerance for unruly behavior and will work with law enforcement to achieve that goal,” a Delta spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “We apologize for the delay in your trip.”
According to Flight Aware, The plane took off just after 7 a.m. and made a forced landing at KCI about 30 minutes later.
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KCI officials Confirmed to KCTV5 The plane landed without incident and departed at approximately 10:45 a.m. the same day.
The data showed that for travelers headed to Las Vegas, the detour added more than two hours to flight times. The plane finally arrived at its final destination just after 11:35 a.m. Monday.
Further details about the incident were not immediately released.
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This is the second incident this month involving disruption to Delta Airlines passengers.
a Russian nationality The legal U.S. resident was taken into FBI custody at JFK International Airport last month after stowing away on a Delta flight bound for Paris, according to the FBI.
Svetlana Dali, 57, made national news after entering the country without valid travel documents. Enter France, On November 26, he boarded Delta Air Lines Flight 264 bound for Paris without a boarding pass, successfully bypassing the TSA screening point.
Dalli then took a Greyhound bus to Buffalo and was arrested again on suspicion of attempting to cross the border into Canada, according to reports.
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At a Dec. 6 hearing, prosecutors alleged she tried to sneak into secure areas at multiple U.S. airports to board planes without a ticket.
This latest aircraft accident means that AAA estimates that 119.3 million people in the U.S. trip Over 50 miles this holiday season. They also expect that number to surpass records set before the 2019 coronavirus pandemic.
“This is a time when lifelong memories are made with loved ones, and travel plays a big part in that,” said Stacey Barber, vice president of AAA Travel. said in a news release. “With Christmas falling on a Wednesday this year, we expect record numbers of travelers on the weekends around the holiday.”
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AAA expects about 7.8 million people to fly to holiday destinations, even though tickets are more expensive than last year.
Fox News Digital's Christina Shaw and Julian Atienza contributed to this report.
Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com.
