A plane bound for Jamaica on Tuesday returned to Miami International Airport half an hour after taking off because a passenger argued with a flight attendant. Upon landing, the pilot and crew of the American Airlines Flight 838 referred the passenger to the police, who did not arrest him because he has no criminal record and no physical altercation happened. The man did not reboard the plane when it took off again for Montego Bay.

fter chugging a liter of vodka instead of handing the liquor over to airport security, a 64-year-old man was hospitalized and treated for life-threatening alcohol poisoning. The man, whose name was not released, was at the Nuremberg airport in Germany when security officials told him he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay to have his carry-on bag checked as cargo.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez officially reset the country's official time by 30 minutes, effective Sunday. With the move, Venezuela is now four-and-a-half hours earlier than the Greenwich Mean Time, from the previous four hours advance. The time change is not a daylight saving time measure, but a permanent change initiated by President Chavez, who is set to also change the nation's currency to the strong bolivar by January 1, 2008.

A man was arrested for stealing a twin-engine plane, and speeding it along the taxiway, all in an effort to impress his lady friend. He was charged for his misdemeanors Friday. Police reports stated that back in September, 38-year old Michael Santos, a man who was drunk at the time, drove to the airport despite a lifetime ban from driving, stole a plane, and then taxied it, just to show his girlfriend that he could fly the plane.

The children of late humorist Herb Shriner announced their plan to send his old harmonicas to the U. S. troops in Iraq. Wil and Kin, Shriner's 53-year old twin sons, said that they found the harmonicas, all 400 vintage ones, in their father's warehouse located near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.