Overview
- Frontier Airlines Flight 2089 from San Juan to Atlanta diverted to Miami after a midair disturbance, according to authorities.
- An arrest affidavit says Harper allegedly touched two passengers’ faces and then punched a third passenger who tried to intervene.
- FBI and TSA agents met the aircraft at the gate in Miami, and Miami-Dade deputies took Harper into custody without further incident.
- Harper was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and faces a felony count for battery on a person 65 or older plus a misdemeanor battery charge.
- Police said the victims reported no visible injuries but want to press charges, and the FAA and local authorities say the investigation remains active; the flight later departed Miami and arrived in Atlanta after a roughly three-hour delay.