Passenger punches flight attendant, plane from JFK forced to make emergency landing

'If you're not prepared to wear a mask, you're not prepared to fly, that's the moral of the story,' said Mackenzie Rose, the passenger who tweeted the photo. A flight from New York to California was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger physically assaulted a flight attendant on Wednesday. According to American Airlines, Flight 976 from JFK International Airport to John Wayne Airport in southern California was diverted to Denver after the assault. A photo tweeted by a passenger shows the man who was arrested sitting inside the terminal at the airport in Denver. He is seen handcuffed and wearing a mask. The airline says he punched a female flight attendant over his refusal to put a mask on in the first place. Read more: https://7ny.tv/2Zuu283 Check out more Eyewitness News - http://7ny.tv/2suJHTd NEW HERE? – Hi! We’re abc7NY, also known as Channel 7 on TV, home to Eyewitness News, New York’s Number 1 news. We hope you love us on YouTube as much as you do on television! OUR SOCIAL MEDIA – FACEBOOK:   / abc7ny   TWITTER:   / abc7ny   INSTAGRAM:   / abc7ny   NEWS TIPS: Online: https://7ny.tv/36UsL9a Phone: 917-260-7700 Email: [email protected] #abc7NY #americanairlines #emergencylanding