How can I understand them？
Please read the sentence firstly: A British man has been arrested by Massachusetts State Police after he allegedly started assaulting his wife on board a flight from London to Texas - forcing the flight crew to divert the plane to Boston.
In the sentense, the words ' a flight from London to Texas ', I think, is to explicate word ' board '. If it is so, why isn't there a word, ' that', between ' board ' and ' a flight from London to Texas '?
In addition, the words, ' forcing the flight crew to divert the plane to Boston ', means the behavior happened when the man was assaulting his wife. So why dose the sentence use it ' - ' ? Why isn't it written like this: ...after he allegedly started assaulting his wife on board a flight from London to Texas forcing the flight crew to divert the plane to Boston.?

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How can I understand them？
Please read the sentence firstly: A British man has been arrested by Massachusetts State Police after he allegedly started assaulting his wife on board a flight from London to Texas - forcing the flight crew to divert the plane to Boston.
       In the sentense, the words ' a flight from London to Texas ', I think, is to explicate word ' board '. If it is so, why isn't there a word, ' that', between ' board ' and ' a flight from London to Texas '?
       In addition, the words, ' forcing the flight crew to divert the plane to Boston ', means the behavior happened when the man was assaulting his wife. So why dose the sentence use it ' - ' ? Why isn't it written like this: ...after he allegedly started assaulting his wife on board a flight from London to Texas forcing the flight crew to divert the plane to Boston.?

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Flight from London to Texas is in reference to the word flight not board.  So if you were going to use a comma it would go at:  ...a flight, from London to Texas, ...  I don't know if the dash could still be properly used after the comma.

Dash
A dash is an informal device telling the reader the that sentence is beginning a new but related thought.   When the new idea is done it should be closed with another dash or a period.

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They used it in replacement of a comma. Some news articles due to and it's usually used to add emphasis to the situation.
I personally find it one of those tricky grammar things that are a pain to learn.

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Sean, did you read the sentence firstly? There is not a comma between between ' board ' and ' a flight from London to Texas '!!!

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Please read the sentence firstly: A British man has been arrested by Massachusetts State Police after he allegedly started assaulting his wife on board, a flight from London to Texas - forcing the flight crew to divert the plane to Boston.

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