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What: US Airways Boeing 737-400 en route from Charlotte,NC to Houston,TX
Where: Charlotte
When: Feb 25 2010
Who: Not available
Why: After takeoff on this flight, an Albanian passenger got up and tried to exit the plane. It took 5 passengers and crew to subdue him. The pilots returned the plane to Charlotte where the disruptive Albanian-speaking passenger was taken into custody by police and removed to a hospital for observation.

Was he suicidal? Confused? Destructive? In despair? Incontinent? We may never know.

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