Two flight attendants engaged Reid in a struggle after noticing the smell of sulfur coming from Reid’s burning matches. Somebody called for water to douse the flames and passengers began passing everything from soft drinks to contact lens solution toward the ruckus. One of the attendants poured a bottle of water over Reid, who was then restrained with passengers' trouser belts, plastic handcuffs, seatbelt extensions, and headphone cords. A doctor on board shot Reid with a dose of Valium from the on-board medical kit. For the rest of the flight, passengers of varying sizes kept Reid restrained, one of them by keeping a taught grip on a fist-full of Reid’s ponytail. Escorted by Air Force fighters, Flight 63 was diverted to Boston’s Logan International Airport, where Reid was taken into custody.

Then again, maybe getting your ass kicked in Aspen by a taxi passenger is nothing like that.

Cheers,