Inflight behavior blamed on hallucination

HONOLULU — A Turkish man whose inflight behavior prompted fighter jets to escort a plane to Honolulu said he was hallucinating and trying to catch a butterfly at the time. Anil Uskanli pleaded guilty Tuesday to interfering with a flight crew. He said he was ill and now realizes there was no butterfly on the plane. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Brady says Uskanli was acting oddly on the American Airlines flight from Los Angeles, including walking to the front of […]