A drunken Utah man head-butted a flight attendant on a Friday morning red-eye from Salt Lake City to Orlando, prompting the pilot to make an emergency landing in Oklahoma City, police there say.
Derek Edward Maas, 28, of Clearview, Utah, was arrested on a Delta Airlines plane early Friday morning by Oklahoma City police, The Oklahoman newspaper reported on its NewsOK.com website.
Officers interviewed a flight attendant who noticed Maas was intoxicated when he boarded the flight, but did not appear to be dangerous. The attendant told his crew not to serve Maas alcohol during the flight.