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The Swiss plane was supposed to fly to Zurich - but turned back instead
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A rowdy passenger caused the flight to be aborted on board a plane operated by Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss. The pilot decided to return to Newark in the US instead of flying to Zurich as planned, the airline confirmed on Monday. The passenger became abusive towards crew members shortly after the Airbus plane took off, said a Swiss spokeswoman. A crew member was injured. The man was reportedly taken away by police when he landed in Newark.
The newspaper “Blick” first reported online about the incident on Sunday evening (local time). There were more than 200 passengers on board flight LX19. They were transferred to later machines.
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