Two brothers were arrested at Miami International Airport after one of them allegedly punched an American Airlines pilot. American Flight 1755 was headed to SFO but returned to the gate after Jonathan Baez, 27, had looked unresponsive and drunk. He was sleeping and not wearing his seatbelt.

The flight attendant attempted to wake him and noticed his condition, alerting the pilot to return to the terminal. As Baez was being taken off the plane, his brother Luis Baez, 29 decided to get regarded and fend for his brother.

As CBS reports, Jonathan at first left the plane without incident but Luis became aggressive and threatened the pilot, saying, "When you fly to San Juan, I will have you killed." Both brothers are from Las Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Few moments later, both men left the plane, Jonathan reportedly returned and punched the pilot in the face. A flight attendant who tried to break up the fight was hit in the shoulder. The brothers over again returned to the jet bridge to walk towards the terminal, with the pilot behind them. They then reportedly bounded him again and proceeded beating the pilot.

As ABC7 describes, as the final attack began, passengers jumped in to aid save the pilot.

They were then taken into custody and transported to the Miami-Dade County jail. They have been charged with provoked battery, motivated assault, and simple battery. The FBI is also involved in the probe because attacking an airline crew member is a federal crime.

A few hours later, the flight was able to take off with a new pilot. It reached SFO early this morning.

The new airport will be situated 18km north of Eilat and handle domestic and European flights.

The Israeli government has sanctioned proposals for a new NIS1.7bn ($500m) international airport at Timna, 18km north of Eilat, according to local media reports and the Israeli government website.

The new airport, originally suggested by Israel transport minister Yisrael Katz, will handle domestic and European flights and be connected to Eilat via a new train line. It will also see the building of a new logistics centre, park-and-ride lot and bus station to replace the current Eilat central bus station.



Construction is set to take three years with planning to be finished in the next 12 months.DFNIonline understands that the airport will be financed and operated by the Israel Airports Authority and that the existing Eilat Ovda airport will close when the new facility is operational.

Israel PM Binyamin Netanyahu said at Sunday's cabinet assembly: "This airport will be an alternative to Ben-Gurion Airport and will free up considerable land in Eilat, provide a solution for the expansion of Eilat and prevent noise and other pollution in the city.”

According to Katz, the closure of the existing airport in Eilat will enable the improvement of the city and develop quality of life for residents.

Sakal Group-owned company Layam Co is the duty-free operator at the existing Eilat Ovda International airport after winning in 2007 a tender to keep on operating at the location, where it has been present for nearly 20 years.

A judged 1.5m passengers are calculated to use the new airport each year, just about 90% of the passengers on domestic flights, according to reports.

The whole US airline industry, including AA itself, represented by The Air Transport Association of America, has had lawyers battle the new law. They argued before the European Court of Justice that baronial the system on foreign companies breaks international aviation and climate change agreements.

American Airlines will take deliveries of this gigantic order beginning in 2013 and going on through 2021. But in around five years, it will have the most fuel-efficient fleet among US airlines. And be eligible to land in Europe.