AUBURN, Ala. (WBRC) – WBRC has learned that a flight that appears to be carrying the Auburn men’s basketball team to Houston was diverted because of an altercation on the flight.
The flight diverted several minutes after taking off just before 3 p.m., according to FlightAware.
WBRC was able to listen to air traffic control for the area just after 3 p.m. where a plane requests an emergency landing in Montgomery.
When asked what the level of threat was, the pilot replied, “We have a bunch of basketball players fighting.”
For legal reasons, we cannot share the audio with you right now.
Again, the plane did ultimately end up returning back to Auburn about 40 minutes after takeoff, according to FlightAware.
WBRC has reached out to Auburn University Athletics several times for more information but have not heard back. We’ve also reached out to Auburn Police and the Auburn Airport.
We will update this developing story as more information becomes available.
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