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 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A rowdy passenger forced a Delta flight traveling from Atlanta to Los Angeles to land at the Albuquerque International Sunport between 6 and 7 p.m. Thursday, according to an airport spokesman. 
 
 Sunport police arrested the disruptive passenger, who was traveling on Delta flight 81, once the plane landed, said spokesman Daniel Jiron. 
 
 “I don’t know exactly what the incident was” that made the pilot feel he had to land the plane, Jiron said. 
 
 The FBI was called in, which is standard procedure in situations like this, Jiron said. 
 
 The man was not charged but did not get back on the the plane, which took off for Los Angeles shortly before 8 p.m., according to KOAT-TV. He is reportedly supposed to leave on a flight scheduled for tomorrow, according to KOAT-TV. 

 A Delta Airlines flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles was diverted to an Albuquerque airport Thursday because of a disruptive passenger, an airport spokesman said. 
 
 The nature of the disturbance was not immediately available, but an Albuquerque International Sunport spokesman said in an email that the man was booted off of Delta flight 81 after it landed just after 6 p.m. local time (8 p.m. ET) but was not charged. A passenger on the plane, Lauri Springer, told NBC station KOB that the incident happened far in the front of the plane, where first-class passengers sit. 
 
 "We didn't really know what was going on. There was no commotion, no yelling," said the college student, who planned to do some sightseeing in Los Angeles when her flight hit the unexpected snag. "We got about 20 minutes outside of Albuquerque and the pilot came on and said that we were going to be making an emergency landing in Albuquerque because of a security issue he was concerned with." 
 
 Police met the plane and escorted the passenger off. Airport spokesman Daniel Jiron said the man wouldn't be charged but was not allowed back on the flight. The flight took off about 90 minutes after the unscheduled stop, Jiron said. 
 
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 Update: there was a disruptive passenger who was making threats.. So police officers escorted him off. 'Tis the season! — Lauri (@lkspringer) December 26, 2014 
 
 And then everyone applauded the police officers and pilot and flight attendants for handling it so well. — Lauri (@lkspringer) December 26, 2014 
 
 — Phil Helsel
– Authorities say a disruptive passenger forced a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles to land at the Albuquerque International Sunport in New Mexico between 6pm and 7pm on Christmas night. Airport spokesman Daniel Jiron tells the Albuquerque Journal that Sunport police arrested the passenger, who was traveling on Delta Flight 81, once the plane landed. Jiron adds that he doesn't know the nature of the incident that made the pilot feel he had to land the plane. He also notes that the FBI was called, which is standard in cases like this. Lauri Springer, a college student on the flight, tells NBC station KOB that the incident happened in the front first-class area. "We didn't really know what was going on. There was no commotion, no yelling," she says, per NBC News. "We got about 20 minutes outside of Albuquerque and the pilot came on and said that we were going to be making an emergency landing in Albuquerque because of a security issue he was concerned with." The man was not charged and didn't get back on the plane; the plane left for Los Angeles around 8pm.