American Airlines Flight Carrying 4 Congressmen Diverted Due to Unruly Passenger

Four congressmen flying to Washington, D.C. had their plane diverted to Kansas City after another passenger got too rowdy — and maybe too political!

Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) were all seated on an American Airlines flight from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to D.C. Wednesday night when a “disruptive passenger” forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing at KC International Airport, according to authorities.

FlightAware — which provides real time flight tracking data — showed the plane had been up in the air for more than 2 and half hours before landing. While the passenger was behaving unruly, it remains unclear what exactly she did to prompt the diversion.

Once the plane parked at the gate, a Kansas City PD officer boarded and escorted the passenger off the aircraft. Another passenger recorded video of the woman as she was exiting and yelling, “Sorry folks, you live in a fascist state.”

A rep for American Airlines confirmed to TMZ … police removed the passenger from the plane in Kansas City before the aircraft took off again to its final destination, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, where it landed safely.