A person is in custody and law enforcement are investigating after a threat from a disruptive passenger led to an emergency diversion at the St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE) in Florida on Sunday.
Allegiant Air Flight 1023, bound for Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport in Virginia, made an emergency return to PIE after “a passenger caused a disruption,” Andrew Porrello, a spokesperson for Allegiant Air, told Newsweek in an email on Sunday.
The passenger was taken into custody by law enforcement, according to Porrello, but further information on the charges the suspect may face were not provided…