Sera-On-A-Plane

JetBlue flight diverted after fight breaks out

UPDATED: 10:54 PM EDT September 06, 2008

(CNN)
A JetBlue flight from Boston, Massachusetts, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was diverted Saturday when a fight broke out after someone was smoking in the bathroom, federal officials said. One passenger aboard JetBlue Flight 455 was taken into custody at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina after the plane landed about 5:45 p.m. [The remaining passengers fled the plane in an attempt to get into the smoking lounge with enough time to burn a heater or two before having to get back into that air-tight, flying death-tube.] A federal Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said one person was injured in the face by what may have been a punch. [Or it may have been the way it looked from birth. It's hard to tell.] She said the fight involved three people who are thought to be related. [by blood, marriage or likely both] According to the airline, there were 88 people and four crew members aboard the jet. [One of whom may have been Samuel L. Jackson, who was heard to say, "I am tired of the muthaf***ing smokes on this muthaf***ing plane." ] The flight had been scheduled to leave Boston at 1 p.m. but did not take off until 3:11 p.m. [which the airline listed as an on-time departure for statistical purposes since the plane actually left the same day it was scheduled to leave], spokeswoman Alison Eshelman said. Eyewitnesses said the scuffle was between two brothers [So the TSA spokesperson said there were 3 related people involved, and the eyewitnesses said that it was between two brothers. That is some keen investigation by the TSA.], one of whom was angry that his brother had smoked on a plane. [The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish smokers and the tyranny of evil smoking men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and fresh air, shepherds the weak addicts through the valley of tobacco, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those smokers who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.] One passenger interviewed by CNN affiliate WFOR said the fight left one of the men bloody. [but he had a great nicotine buzz, so that was worth it] "I saw the guy holding his head with the blood coming out," [It was unclear if that head was still attached to his shoulders] Mike Rocha said. The jet was held at the North Carolina airport for about two hours while FBI investigators interviewed passengers. [Excuse me sir, but we'd like to talk to you about what happened. ...Ok, what's up? ... Can we see your ID? ... It's in my wallet. ... Well, which wallet is yours, sir? ... It's the one that says Bad Motherf*cker on it.]