News Summary

• An American Airlines flight was diverted to a Texas airport mid-flight this week after a passenger punched a flight attendant multiple times and assaulted at least one police officer, according to court documents..
• He also claimed he didn’t remember anything that happened on the flight and said he had drunk some “Captain Morgans” at different bars before the flight, documents say..
• Keith Edward Fagiana, 61, was escorted off the plane – American Airlines flight 1497 – by police and charged with interference with a flight crew, the complaint said..
• The flight attendant used flex cuffs to restrain him and buckled him in a seat to wait for police upon landing, the documents state..
• The flight attendant was punched three more times by Fagiana before other passengers helped to physically restrain him, the complaint said..
• “While changing out handcuffs, Fagiana kicked one of the Amarillo Airport Police Officers in the groin area and spit on escorting officers,” the documents say..