US ban youngster for flight incident

Friday 12 August 2011 19:00 EDT

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The US Ski Team has dismissed an 18-year-old member of its development squad after he was accused of getting drunk and then urinating on a fellow passenger aboard a JetBlue flight to New York City.

Robert Vietze was detained by police at New York's Kennedy Airport after arriving from Oregon, but a spokeswoman said federal prosecutors later decided not to pursue criminal charges.

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