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Disruptive passengers force American Airlines flight to Jamaica back to Charlotte

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An American Airlines Montego Bay-bound flight returned to Charlotte on Friday because two passengers refused to follow orders from flight attendants, according to the airline.

Flight AA 2732 left Charlotte Douglas International Airport around 2 p.m. and was originally scheduled to land in Jamaica around 4 p.m., according to FlightAware, which provides real-time online flight information.

The flight was diverted back to CLT at 2:51 p.m., about an hour after takeoff.

After the passengers were removed from the plane, the flight took off again around 5:10 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Montego Bay around 6:46 p.m. The incident caused passengers to arrive four hours late to Jamaica.

Additional details about the disruptive behavior were not immediately available.

This has been a challenging week for passengers flying in and out of Charlotte. Because of the federal government shutdown, about 1,000 flights have been delayed this week behind a nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers disrupting operations across the nation.

This is a developing story

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Chase Jordan

The Charlotte Observer

Chase Jordan is a business reporter for The Charlotte Observer, and has nearly a decade of experience covering news in North Carolina. Prior to joining the Observer, he was a growth and development reporter for the Wilmington StarNews. The Kansas City native is a graduate of Bethune-Cookman University.

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