Southwest Airlines passenger jailed after assaulting a fellow passenger mid-flight

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A Southwest Airlines passenger is locked up in Little Rock, Arkansas where his flight was diverted after another passenger was assaulted mid-flight.

The accused passenger was quickly taken into custody upon landing at Clinton National Airport. The passenger who was assaulted remains in the hospital.

Southwest Airlines Flight #192 was on its way from Houston to Columbus, Ohio when the assault was committed. No other details of the incident have been released.

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