Unruly passenger bound with duct tape mid-flight after hurling slurs: report

The Seattle Times and WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedUnruly passenger bound with duct tape mid-flight after hurling slurs: report.

What changedThe left frames it as "Unruly passenger is restrained with duct tape during a flight". The center frames it as "Unruly passenger bound with duct tape mid-flight after hurling slurs: report".

ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.

Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

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Still Watching. The left frames it as "Unruly passenger is restrained with duct tape during a flight". The center frames it as "Unruly passenger bound with duct tape mid-flight after hurling slurs: report".

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Sep 5, 6:25 PM: WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) joined the source map.

Sep 5, 11:07 PM: The Seattle Times joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 56/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

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The Seattle Times53m ago

Unruly passenger is restrained with duct tape during a flight

Court records said Lundeen, of Tucson, Arizona, waived his right to a lawyer at an initial court appearance Friday and was released on his own recognizance.

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WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York)5h ago

Unruly passenger bound with duct tape mid-flight after hurling slurs: report

(NEXSTAR) -- A disruptive passenger on an American Airlines flight Thursday night who was reportedly screaming racial and anti-gay slurs at a flight attendant ended up getting bound to his...

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