A British Airways flight from Gatwick to Florida was forced to divert to Boston after an “unruly” UK passenger "interfered" with staff.
Police say a 24-year-old Glaswegian is being held after being accused of “interfering with flight crew” on the Boeing 777 once it took off from London yesterday afternoon.
It came after the flight made an unscheduled landing at Logan International Airport and a man was removed from the flight.
He will be summoned to appear in court in Massachusetts.
A police spokesman said: "Customs and Border Protection took custody of the 24-year-old man from Glasgow, Scotland.
"Massachusetts State Police will be summonsing the man for interfering with a flight crew."
A British Airways spokeswoman said: "Our customers and crews deserve to enjoy their flights, and not to suffer any form of abuse.
"Disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated, and the appropriate action will always be taken.
"We'd like to apologise for the delay to the other customers on the flight."
