LOS ANGELES -- An unruly passenger aboard a Breeze Airways flight headed to Los Angeles Wednesday caused such a scene that passengers had to help subdue him, and the plane had to divert to an airport in Colorado.

The unruly passenger was waving a skateboard, got into an altercation with flight attendants and other passengers and broke free of his restraints twice, according to the airline and local authorities.

The passenger was heard using racist slurs and refusing to cooperate.

"Why am I here after 7:45 p.m.? I'm going to tell you why. This Tony Hawk wannabe from Outer Banks, North Carolina, with a skateboard had too many Bloody Marys this morning," passenger PK Mackey told Eyewitness News after landing in Los Angeles.

Breeze Airways Flight 704, which took off from Norfolk, Virginia

See Full Page