# Incident 19981010043999I: Boeing 7377H4, Albuquerque, NM, October 10, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1998, 20:20 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N719SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N719SW-2024-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7H4 (registry code 1384404, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7377H4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981010043999I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-5) ON OCTOBER 10, 1998, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 97, A B-737 ENROUTE FROM NASHVILLE, TN. TO SAN DIEGO, CA. DIVERTED TO ALBUQUERQUE, NM (ABQ) DUE TO A PASSENGER CREATING A DISTURBANCE AND PHYSICALLY ATTACKED ONE FEMALE PASSENGER AFTER HAVING CONSUMED THREE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS. HE WAS RESTRAINED BY A PASSENGER/POLICEMAN AFTER WHICH THE FLIGHT DIVERTED INTO ABQ. THE OFFENDER WAS REMOVED FROM THE FLIGHT BY ABQ AIRPORT POLICE OFFICERS AND PLACED UNDER ARREST. A LETTER OF WARNING WAS ISSUED TO THE OFFENDER FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER. FILE CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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