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03-16-2016, 07:52 PM
Alaska Airlines gives everyone onboard $100 after drunk passenger causes flight diversion
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Flight diversions are never fun, and they're even worse when the cause was preventable. Case in point: An Alaska Airlines flight on Monday was diverted when a drunk passenger got a bit too rowdy.
Alaska Airlines Flight 800 from Sacramento to Seattle landed in Portland (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA800/history/20160315/0255Z/KSMF/KSEA)*so an intoxicated passenger could be *******.
SEE ALSO: Yet A**ther Flight Diverted After Fight Over Reclining Seat (http://mashable.com/2014/09/02/third-flight-diverted/)
Crew had asked the passenger in row 9 to calm down, but that further agitated him. The pilot diverted to Portland where police met the plane, according to local station KING5 (http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/seattle/2016/03/15/seattle-bound-flight-diverted-intoxicated-passenger/81802056/).
But the other passengers, including one who tweeted about the incident, weren't completely out of luck. Alaska offered a $100 credit to a future (hopefully drunk-passenger free) flight. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/flight-drunk-passenger/)
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Flight diversions are never fun, and they're even worse when the cause was preventable. Case in point: An Alaska Airlines flight on Monday was diverted when a drunk passenger got a bit too rowdy.
Alaska Airlines Flight 800 from Sacramento to Seattle landed in Portland (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA800/history/20160315/0255Z/KSMF/KSEA)*so an intoxicated passenger could be *******.
SEE ALSO: Yet A**ther Flight Diverted After Fight Over Reclining Seat (http://mashable.com/2014/09/02/third-flight-diverted/)
Crew had asked the passenger in row 9 to calm down, but that further agitated him. The pilot diverted to Portland where police met the plane, according to local station KING5 (http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/seattle/2016/03/15/seattle-bound-flight-diverted-intoxicated-passenger/81802056/).
But the other passengers, including one who tweeted about the incident, weren't completely out of luck. Alaska offered a $100 credit to a future (hopefully drunk-passenger free) flight. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/flight-drunk-passenger/)
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