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Unruly passenger bound with duct tape mid-flight after hurling slurs: report
WJW FOX8 (Nexstar, Cleveland) and WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) describe the same event in different terms.
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As of September 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedUnruly passenger bound with duct tape mid-flight after hurling slurs: report.
The headline splitWPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) frames it as "Unruly passenger bound with duct tape mid-flight after hurling slurs: report". WJW FOX8 (Nexstar, Cleveland) frames it as "Unruly passenger is restrained with duct tape, forces plane to make emergency landing".
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CenterUnruly passenger bound with duct tape mid-flight after hurling slurs: report
WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) · Center · News report
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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...
