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Unruly Passenger Who Diverted Flight to Anchorage Gets 2-Year Prison Sentence

Court records say he drank four to six glasses of wine, chased a passenger and pounded on the cockpit door before the flight was diverted.

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The 52-year-old South Carolina man became drunk and violent on a December flight from Atlanta to Seoul, South Korea, court filings show.

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Unruly passenger who diverted flight to Anchorage gets 2-year prison sentence

The 52-year-old South Carolina man became drunk and violent on a December flight from Atlanta to Seoul, South Korea, court filings show.

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Upstate man gets 2 years in prison for violent, drunken flight disruption

A Greenwood, South Carolina, man will spend two years in prison for interfering with a Delta Air Lines flight in December 2025.

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South Carolina man sentenced after disrupting Delta flight diverted to Anchorage

A South Carolina man was sentenced to two years in federal prison after his intoxicated and violent behavior disrupted a Delta flight from Atlanta to Seoul, forcing a diversion to Anchorage.

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Your Alaska Link broke the news on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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