Chaos in Air: Business class passenger's behaviour over meal choice forces plane to divert
US, July 11: A United Airlines flight heading from Houston to Amsterdam was diverted to Chicago after an unruly business-class passenger disrupted the flight because his preferred meal was unavailable.
The Guardian claimed that the flight, which took off from Houston at 4:20 pm on Sunday, was in Chicago airspace just two hours later. The plane then began circling Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in order to burn off fuel and reduce the aircraft's weight. Flightradar24 claimed on Twitter that the flight was "jettisoning fuel prior to diversion" owing to a disruptive passenger.
After an hour, aviation watcher XJonNYC tweeted internal United communications claiming that there was a "disruptive [passenger] on board." According to the user, the passenger "was noted to be intoxicated as well, but meal choice seems to have been an enragement point."
"United flight 20 from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Amsterdam diverted to O'Hare International Airport and landed safely following a passenger disturbance. Law enforcement met the aircraft at the gate and escorted the passenger off the plane. The aircraft then continued to Amsterdam," the airline said, according to The Guardian.
Separately, Flightradar24 reports that the flight arrived in Amsterdam more than three hours late.
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- With inputs from agencies
