It's not strange to hear about flight diversions resulting from fights between passengers. However,this one is pretty unique.
This morning's Qatar Airways Airbus A320 flight from Doha to Islamabad, QR614, and diverted to Lahore after a fight broke out between a father-son duo. Apparently it was so physical that damage was done to one of the plane's windows,at which point the pilots decided to divert.
The return flight from Islamabad to Doha was canceled. Given that Qatar Airways' management is very respectable at marketing/covering up negative situations, I'm surprised they gave "Diverted" as the reason, and not "Complimentary Stopover." ;)Islamabad and Lahore are only ~160 miles apart,so it must have been a pretty heinous situation if the pilots decided to divert, given that ~160 miles translates into less than 20 minute of flying at cruise altitude (and that's on the tall side, and given that Lahore isn't even directly on the way to Islamabad).
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Source: boardingarea.com