Passenger Fight Over Smoking Diverts Flight

Brother punched by brother over bathroom puff
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 7, 2008 8:43 AM CDT
Passenger Fight Over Smoking Diverts Flight
The fight on a JetBlue plane appeared to be between two brothers.   (AP Photo/Rick Maiman)

A fight provoked by smoking in an airplane bathroom forced a JetBlue flight from Boston en route to Florida to land in Raleigh, NC, yesterday, CNN reports. A man reportedly argued with his brother about smoking on the plane, and one punched the other in the face, according to witnesses. One of the men was arrested by authorities in Raleigh. (More JetBlue stories.)

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