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Chicago flight to China diverted due to ‘unruly passenger’

Nov 28, 2016 | WLSAM Staff

(CHICAGO) United Airlines says a flight bound for Hong Kong from Chicago was diverted near Tokyo after 12 hours because of an “unruly passenger.”

Chicago-based United Airlines spokesman Charles Hobart said Sunday that Flight 895 left O’Hare International Airport for China after 2 p.m. Saturday. The plane instead landed at Narita, which is one of Tokyo’s main airports.

No injuries were reported. He says 241 passengers and 15 crew members were aboard.

Hobart says law enforcement met the aircraft in Japan, but he declined to offer further details.

Hobart says the flight has departed from Japan and is expected in Hong Kong.

Airline: Passenger arrested at Midway for threatening statements

May 25, 2016 | WLSAM Staff

(CHICAGO) A passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight was arrested at Midway Airport Tuesday after he made threatening statements during the flight, officials said.

The passenger, a male whose exact age was not disclosed, was arrested after Flight 2205 from Baltimore landed at Midway about 4:40 p.m., Southwest Airlines spokesman Bob Hughes said in an email Tuesday night.

Hughes said Chicago Police boarded the plane to make the arrest after the passenger “made threatening statements to a flight attendant.” However, the Chicago Police Office of News Affairs could not confirm the arrest Tuesday night.

Additional details were not immediately available.