India, April 10 -- An American Airlines flight was forced to divert back to New York just hours after takeoff due to a disruptive passenger who tried to "barge into the pilot's cabin." The Milan-bound plane, which departed around 7 pm on Monday, had to return to the John F. Kennedy's International Airport following an unruly flyer's temper tantrum over an in-flight meal, CBS News reported.

AA Flight 198 was four hours into its eight-hour journey to Europe when the pilot announced that one of the 300 passengers onboard became furious after he did not receive his preferred meal. The unruly passenger was also told to move from his seat as he couldn't sit in an exit row with a baby.

Recalling the incident, passenger Krystie Tomlinson told t...