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"I hate when I do that."
Posted on 01/05/2018 8:40:57 AM PST by Red Badger
There were sure to be some unhappy travelers Thursday night when a United Airlines flight had to be diverted to Anchorage due to the actions of a passenger on board.
United Airlines flight 895 from Chicago to Hong Kong had to be redirected to Anchorage Thursday due to a "passenger smearing feces everywhere", according to Ted Stevens International Airport Police.
Airport Police say the adult male smeared the excrement within a couple of bathrooms, took off his shirt and attempted to stuff it in the toilet. He was cooperative with the flight crew and was seated when the flight landed in Anchorage.
According to FlightAware.com, the plane arrived at ANC around 6:20.
The passenger was met by FBI agents and Airport Police at the plane and was interviewed by both entities. Airport Police say the subject was taken to Providence Hospital for a psych evaluation. No charges were filed.
The FBI says they're investigating the incident in conjunction with Airport Police.
Airport Operations says the Boeing 777 is grounded overnight for maintenance.
United Airlines has not yet responded to requests for comment.
I work in Houston in oil and gas and lots of folks around me go to Angola. There’s a direct flight from Houston, but you knew that.
My doc said his job is boring save for the folks that come back from Africa with a thing on, or in, their body.
“Ever been on a flight where CDC detected someone had TB?”
Nope. Wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
Over the years, many years dating back to the 50s, Scott and White in Temple became known as the place to go for odd foreign diseases. I wonder how that came to be? I know that many of the old Exxon people went there and some worked in Venezuela back in the day the company was very active there.
That is THE flight of course all 15 hours of it.
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