Abe wrote:
>>> We'll
>>> never hear what sort of compensation, if any, the other passengers got.
>>> We'll never know how the other passengers felt about the man's tantrum,
>>> if they thought it was truly threatening and worth turning around for.
>> He threw the drink at the flight attendant, according to one story,
>> which besides being counterproductive was also assault.
> The article said he threw a drink. It didn't say it was at the flight
> attendant. It could have been he threw it on the ground.

It could still be interpreted as threatening behavior (referencing back
to the bad passenger behavior on airlines from the prior post), and
therefore enough to get the plane landed.


That said, if it WAS interpreted as a threat, why were the man and child
not barred from the plane instead of making it an impromptu layover?