Biff-bang wallop. Punch-up forces plane turnaround
A fight between two Chinese passengers forced a Swiss plane carrying 200 people from Zurich to Beijing to turn around after more than six hours in the air.
“The two passengers were handed over to the police in Zurich after the Airbus A340 landed Sunday evening,” said a spokesman for the airline.
The plane was just east of Moscow when the pilot decided to turn it around, according to the spokesman, who told AFP the pilot had opted to head back to Zurich instead of making an emergency landing in Moscow to avoid administrative difficulties.
Swiss put up the plane’s 200 passengers at a Zurich hotel, before placing them on Beijing flights with other companies, since its own flight to the Chinese capital Monday was already fully booked.
Ian Jarrett
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