Crew on British Airways Flight 48 asked police to meet the plane when it landed at Heathrow at 11:10 a.m., Scotland Yard said.

Airline spokesman Paul Parry said no one was injured. One of the cabin crew members involved was a man, the other was a woman, he said.

Buck, 44, who was traveling first class, was kept in police custody at Heathrow for much of the day, police said.

He was later charged with two counts of common assault — the most minor assault charge — plus a public order offense, criminal damage, disobeying an aircraft commander and being drunk on an aircraft.

Buck, who lives in Seattle, was ordered to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates Court in London on Monday. Scotland Yard said no decision had been made about whether he would be released on bail before then.

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