Southwest flight diverted after intoxicated passenger assaults other travellers, police say

A Southwest flight from Dallas to Los Angeles changed its course for Tucson International Airport in Arizona on Tuesday evening after police were needed for an "onboard issue," an airline spokesperson said. David Broseh, 51, was supposed to travel to Los Angeles. But after assaulting passengers on the plane because he was intoxicated, police said, he ended up in Tucson where he was met by airport police and escorted to Pima County jail, reports The Arizona Republic. "Whenever there could potentially be an issue with a passenger disturbance on an aircraft, our police are always notified and called, and we have an on-staff 24/7 police department at the airport so they were called and they responded," said Jessie Butler, director of communications and external relations at the airport. According to Butler, police responded to a call reporting a passenger that appeared to be intoxicated and assaulting passengers aboard the plane. Story has more.<br/>