Unruly passenger removed from JetBlue flight in Houston

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- An unruly passenger was pulled off a JetBlue flight from New York to Houston Tuesday afternoon.

The airline confirms there was a customer disturbance on board flight #581. Local authorities in Houston were called and met the aircraft upon arrival.

JetBlue says it is working with the local authorities and did not have any other details about what happened.