Nation IN BRIEF : MASSACHUSETTS : 2 Held in Airliner Smoking Argument
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A French singer and her son were released on $100,000 bond after a court hearing on charges they threatened an American Airlines flight crew over smoking. The flight from Paris to Miami was diverted to Boston after Regine Choukroun’s son, Lionel Rotcajg, 47, a music and television producer, was repeatedly cautioned against smoking, became unruly and threatened to shoot a crew member, according to an FBI affidavit.
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