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Man accused of trying to open plane door, choking off-duty flight attendant on flight diverted to MIA
A 51-year-old man named Juan Gabriel Reyes allegedly attempted to open a plane door and choke an off-duty flight attendant during a Frontier Airlines flight from Puerto Rico to Chicago, leading to an emergency landing at Miami International Airport. Passengers and crew intervened to restrain him before authorities arrested him and the FBI assumed the investigation.
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