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U.S. passenger fined $12,000 for air rage

Continental flight made unscheduled landing after Fla. man became irate

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updated 1:02 p.m. ET March 29, 2007

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L., CANADA - An American man has been handed a $12,000 fine or three months in jail for an incident of air rage on a transatlantic flight.

A Continental Airlines jet made an unscheduled landing in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Monday night after a passenger became irate.

Police say the 47-year-old Florida man struggled with officers as he was being taken from the plane.

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The flight was operating between Norway and New Jersey.

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