Airline passenger refuses to wear seat belt, gets arrested

By Peter J. Howe, Globe Staff

A Boston man was arrested this morning at Logan International Airport on charges of interfering with a flight crew after he allegedly punched a flight attendant who asked him three times to fasten his seat belt, an airport spokesman said.

Kevin L. Brown, 41, of Roxbury, was arrested after AirTran Airways Flight 278 from Atlanta arrived in Boston about 9:40 a.m., said Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which runs Logan.

Orlandella said the flight attendant, who was not seriously injured and whose name was not immediately available, would also bring assault and battery charges against Brown.

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