ATLANTA
A suburban Cleveland man who was accused of assaulting a flight attendant as he tried frantically to use an airplane bathroom has reached a deal with federal prosecutors.
Joao Correa will face no charges in the March 28 episode aboard a Delta Air Lines flight from Honduras to Atlanta if he completes a three-month pretrial diversion program. The 43-year-old Correa also had to acknowledge in the agreement reached this week that he did not handle the situation as well as he should have.
The businessman said he had a bathroom emergency but found the coach aisle on the Boeing 737 blocked by a beverage cart. The flight attendant said Correa grabbed her arm and twisted it as she tried to block his rush to reach the lavatory in business class.
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