An American Airlines flight turned around after a passenger tried to drag a flight attendant down the aisle, an affidavit says

An American Airlines Embraer 175.

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• American Airlines passengers experienced a flight-to-nowhere on Tuesday.
• An affidavit said a 24-year-old assaulted a flight attendant and tried to drag them down the aisle.
• The captain turned the plane around and landed back in Connecticut an hour after taking off.

An American Airlines flight turned around after a passenger assaulted a member of the cabin crew, an affidavit from an FBI agent says.