AirTran 737-700 is escorted to the ground at Colorado Springs

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AirTran Airways’ (Orlando and Atlanta) flight FL 39 with a Boeing 737-700 flying from Atlanta to San Francisco yesterday (January 8) was escorted by two F-16s to make a non-scheduled landing at COS after a passenger became unruly.

Here is the airline statement:

finance.yahoo.com/news/AirTran-Airways-Statement-prnews-2743722350.html?x=0&.v=1