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.

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