Saturday, August 06, 2011

Tennessee man in jail after disrupting flight. A plane was forced to land in Madison, Wisconsin, so a passenger could be arrested.

 Mitchell R. Wilnoit
Courtesy: WMTV, Madison, Wisconsin


A Tennessee man was jailed Saturday after he was accused of disrupting a flight heading to Knoxville from Minnesota.

Sheriff's Deputies in Dane County, Wisconsin say a Delta Flight from Minneapolis to McGhee Tyson Airport was diverted to Madison Saturday afternoon.

31-year-old Mitchell R. Wilnoit was allegedly intoxicated and smoking on the plane.

Deputies took Wilnoit into custody shortly after the plane landed in Madison.

He is currently being held in a Wisconsin jail.

The flight did continue on to Knoxville and landed shortly after 8 p.m.