An Italian passenger at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport reportedly punched the pilot of his plane to Greece after the flight was delayed for more than five hours
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The unnamed pilot of the Blue Panorama chartered flight to Karpathos, a Greek island, reported the man to police, the Corriere della Sera newspaper reported.
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After the 139 passengers on board the plane at the airport were informed for the umpteenth time of a delay and asked to disembark, the 52-year-old man together with three others refused and started insulting the pilot.
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A row broke out when the man violently pushed the pilot with his baggage. The pilot suffered a fractured wrist.
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