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A passenger aboard a Miami-bound American Airlines flight departing from Georgia is accused of throwing "haymakers" at a flight attendant, kicking and punching others' seats and swallowing rosary ...

A man who felt evil’s presence on an American Airlines flight attacked flight attendants and swallowed rosary beads before he was subdued and jailed in Savannah, Ga., authorities said.

He was apprehended by airport police and taken to a hospital for “ingestion of rosary beads,” the affidavit says. Then the passenger was booked into the Chatham County jail.

The passenger’s sister claimed they were fleeing spiritual attacks and that he swallowed rosary beads as protection. SAVANNAH, Ga. - A routine regional flight to Miami turned chaotic Monday ...

But it turned out he was struggling because he believed a demonic spirit had invaded the cabin — and, at some point during the flight, began swallowing rosary beads to ward that spirit off.