GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - A flight headed to Los Angeles had to be diverted on Wednesday because of what police called an unruly passenger.

What we know:

Breeze Airways flight MX704 was headed from Norfolk, Virginia , to Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday morning, when the flight was forced to land in Grand Junction, Colorado .

Grand Junction police got to the airport just after 11 a.m. local time. According to the department , the plane had to land because a drunk passenger was "yelling racist slurs at airline staff while waving a skateboard."

Staff tried to restrain the man twice, officers said, but he was able to break out both times.

Officers arrested the man at the Grand Junction Regional Airport. The FBI is now investigating the incident.

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