Flight diverted to Houston to remove three unruly passengers

An AeroMéxico flight from Toronto to Mexico City was diverted to Houston early Thursday morning to remove three passengers who appeared to be intoxicated. AeroMéxico Flight 617 landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston at 3:42 a.m., according to flight tracking site FlightAware. The passengers, two men and a woman, were told they weren't allowed to consume alcohol by a flight attendant, according to an account of the incident from the Houston Police Department, and were advised to finish their beverages. "But following that incident, all three individuals kept refusing to cover their faces with their masks, were rude, confrontational and appeared to be intoxicated," according to police department spokesman Kese Smith. The flight attendant alerted the captain, who diverted the plane to Houston. Police met the flight, and all three were removed from the aircraft. Two passengers were transported to Houston's Sobering Center, a facility where people can be transported without being arrested to avoid a criminal record for public intoxication. No charges were filed for either passenger. The third passenger was left in the care of Customs and Border Protection, Smith said, "as apparently he had a no-entry to the US stipulation, so obviously we can't take him to the Sobering Center as that would be entering the United States."<br/>