A violent incident between Israeli passengers on board a United Airlines flight from New York to Tel Aviv Thursday night prompted the pilot and crew to turn the plane around.
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The plane, which departed shortly after midnight EST, landed safely in New York, and the passengers involved in the incident were arrested.
United said that the airline puts the safety of the flight and its passengers above everything. "The airline has no tolerance for any inappropriate behavior," United said.
