Violent passenger forces flight from Mexico to Germany to be diverted
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}SALT LAKE CITY, UT - NOVEMBER 27: Delta planes stack up for take-off and are proceed through the Salt Lake City international Airport on November 27, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah. A wintry storm system that is covering much of the nation is threatening to wreak havoc on holiday travel . (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) (2013 Getty Images)
Authorities say a plane traveling from Mexico to Germany was diverted to Florida after a passenger attacked several people and threatened others.
A U.S. attorney's office news release says 34-year-old Oliver Charles Halliday Gee, a British national who lives in Mexico, was arrested after an emergency landing Wednesday at Jacksonville International Airport. He was charged with assault or intimidation of a flight crew and faces up to 20 years in prison.
A criminal complaint says Gee began demanding alcohol before the flight took off in Cancun. It says that an hour later Gee threatened another passenger and intimidated a child. After exposing himself and threatening to urinate in the cabin, an airline employee and another passenger tried to escort Gee to the lavatory, and he slapped and threatened them.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Court records didn't list an attorney for Gee.
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