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Pilot Requests Cops After Passenger Bites Fellow Flyer on Plane

Kevin Carter/Getty Images An American Airlines pilot bound for Philadelphia made a surprising call to air traffic controllers before landing on Sunday, requesting law enforcement due to an unruly passenger who allegedly bit another passenger on board. “I don’t know if he’s hallucinating or whatever...

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What happenedPilot Requests Cops After Passenger Bites Fellow Flyer on Plane.
What changedThe Daily Beast frames it as "Pilot Requests Cops After Passenger Bites Fellow Flyer on Plane". CBS News - US frames it as "Pilot reports passenger bit fellow flyer on plane approaching Philadelphia".
ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.
Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 1 bucket

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Still Watching. The Daily Beast frames it as "Pilot Requests Cops After Passenger Bites Fellow Flyer on Plane". CBS News - US frames it as "Pilot reports passenger bit fellow flyer on plane approaching Philadelphia".

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Jun 21, 6:47 PM: CBS News - US joined the source map.

Jun 21, 8:00 PM: The Daily Beast joined the source map.

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Pilot Requests Cops After Passenger Bites Fellow Flyer on Plane

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Kevin Carter/Getty Images An American Airlines pilot bound for Philadelphia made a surprising call to air traffic controllers before landing on Sunday, requesting law enforcement due to an...

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Center-left ·News report

Pilot reports passenger bit fellow flyer on plane approaching Philadelphia

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An American Airlines passenger allegedly bit a fellow flyer and was "trying to fight everybody" on a Sunday flight, a pilot said.

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