Flight diverted after dispute about blanket ADVERTISING Flight diverted after dispute about blanket HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaiian Airlines flight from Las Vegas had to divert to Los Angeles after a passenger complained about the cost of a blanket. The
Flight diverted after dispute about blanket
HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaiian Airlines flight from Las Vegas had to divert to Los Angeles after a passenger complained about the cost of a blanket.
The airline confirmed flight HA7 from Las Vegas was about an hour into its trip Wednesday when the plane turned and stopped in Los Angeles.
There was a dispute between a 66-year-old male passenger and the flight crew about the cost of a blanket, said Rob Pedregon of the Los Angeles Airport Police. After being informed a blanket cost $12, the passenger “made a statement that he wanted to take somebody behind the woodshed over this, which prompted the flight crew to contact the captain who then in turn diverted the aircraft to LAX.”
Los Angeles Airport Police and the FBI met the aircraft at the gate once it landed. The passenger was not arrested.
Officials say no crime was committed. The flight departed Los Angeles a few hours later.
AG: Travel ban would harm state’s economy
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin says the state is defending its tourism-linked economy as part of its lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban.
Chin said Thursday the state depends heavily on tourism and thinks the revised ban would hurt its economy. He added the tourism angle is unique to Hawaii because the state relies so heavily on visitors. Chin told reporters Thursday that the ban, even though it has yet to go into effect, already has made people less inclined to travel to the United States and that people might even fear traveling within the state because they would be forced to encounter a federal agent every time they get on a plane to visit a Neighbor Island.
The state also says the order will harm its Muslim population and foreign students.
Chin also said the state cannot remain silent about the travel ban because of its unique culture and history.
The revised ban order comes just after the 75th anniversary of the Feb. 19, 1942, executive order by President Franklin Roosevelt that sent Japanese-Americans to internment camps during World War II.
Hawaii on Wednesday became the first state to sue the administration in connection with Trump’s revised travel ban. Legal challenges to the order are mounting as Washington state said it would renew its request to block it, with Oregon, New York and Massachusetts joining that state’s legal action. Washington and Minnesota were the first states to sue because of the original travel ban, which resulted in a judge halting its implementation throughout the country.
The executive order that goes into effect March 16 bars new visas for people from six predominantly Muslim countries and temporarily shuts down the U.S. refugee program. It doesn’t apply to travelers who already have visas.
