China-bound Delta flight returns to Seattle after passenger assaults crew member onboard

A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Beijing had to return to Seattle after an unruly passenger assaulted a flight attendant onboard.

The passenger was then subdued by others on the flight, a Seattle-Tacoma International Airport spokesman said.

Two people were sent to the hospital and the passenger has been arrested by the police, airport spokesman Perry Cooper said.

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The flight took off at 5.30 pm from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport but had to return after 45 minutes after a man assaulted a flight attendant in the first-class cabin.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is also assisting the police in the case.