An American Airlines plane from Arizona to Washington DC had to make an emergency diversion to Kansas to remove a “disruptive” passenger. Four Congressmen Greg Stanton (D), Eli Crane (R), Andy Biggs (R) and Paul Gosar (R) — all from Arizona– were on board flying to DC to vote on ending the government shutdown. Stanton posted a video of the woman disruptor being taken out of the plane by the cops. “Flying to DC rn to vote no on CR that fails to lower health care costs. @RepEliCrane,@RepAndyBiggsAZ & @RepGosar all on this flight. We’re making emergency stop in Kansas City to remove disruptive passenger. None of my colleagues is the disruptor. Freedom Caucus losing its mojo,” Stanton said.The flight had been in the air for about 2 hours and 41 minutes when it was diverted to Kansas City International Airport, landing safely around 6:15 p.m., according to FlightAware.It is not clearly known what disturbances the unidentified woman caused but as she was led out of the plane, she apologized to her fellow passengers and said: “We live in a fascist country”.“On Nov. 11, American Airlines flight 1218, with service from Phoenix (PHX) to Washington, DC (DCA), diverted to Kansas City (MCI) due to a disruptive customer,” the airline told KSHB 41. “Law enforcement met the flight and removed the customer, and the flight later re-departed for DCA, where it landed normally. We thank our customers for their patience and our crew members for their professionalism.”The bill, however, was passed and Trump signed it ending the longest government shutdown in US history that went on for 43 days. The House voted 222-209 to pass the Senate’s funding bill, which will restart paychecks for federal employees and air traffic controllers and replenish funding for food assistance programs.
