# Incident 20000622035559I: Wichita, KS, June 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2000, 10:10 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000622035559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERICA WEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 2701 DEPARTED KJFK ENROUTE TO KPHX AND DIVERTED TO DISCHARGE AN DISRUPTIVE PASSENGER. THE PASSENGER WAS SPEAKING LOUDLY AND BELLIGERENTLY TO HIS SEAT MATE. HE ALSO WAS RUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL TO THE CABIN ATTENDANTS.THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL VIOLENCE OR INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CREW DUTIES INVOLVED. THE PASSENGER WILL BE CITED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT BY WICHITA PD.

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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