Posted on 05/30/2026 9:01:36 PM PDT by Red Badger
There seems to be no shortage of crazy passengers on commercial flights these days.
A United Airlines flight heading to Minnesota on Friday was forced to make an emergency landing in Wisconsin after one of the passengers aboard allegedly tried to get into the cockpit. This was according to audio from air traffic control.
The flight departed from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on Friday evening and landed in Madison, Wisconsin, instead of Minneapolis for security reasons surrounding the out-of-control passenger.
Flight tracking data showed that the plane landed approximately 90 minutes after takeoff.
Fox News Reported:
A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis, Minnesota, made an emergency landing in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday after a passenger allegedly attempted to storm the cockpit, according to air traffic control audio.
The flight, which took off from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport at roughly 8 p.m. CDT, “landed safely in Madison, Wisconsin to address a security concern with an unruly passenger,” United said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.
The flight landed in Madison’s Dane County Regional Airport roughly 90 minutes after takeoff, according to flight tracking data.
“While United did not reveal the specific nature of the security concern, air traffic control audio from Dane County Regional Airport reviewed by WISN revealed that the passenger made ‘multiple attempts to breach the cockpit.'” Fox News Reported.
It didn’t appear he was handcuffed, but was subdued after numerous attempts to try and get into the cockpit.
According to the Dane County Sheriff’s Department, they learned that there were off-duty law enforcement officers on the flight that was detaining the unstable passenger.
Authorities were able to take the passenger off the airplane after around 10:30 p.m. Central Time, according to the Sheriff.
The Sheriff Department was trying to find a translator who spoke Russian after the passenger was removed.
Aviation Ping!...................
I am so glad I do not have to fly anywhere right now. Friggin’ crazy out there.
Everyone is overreacting here. The passenger just wanted to enter the cockpit in order to claim the plane in the name of Allah. Sheesh! /s
“WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE???................”
Democrats pocketed all the money and dumped the psychos on the streets.
“The Sheriff Department was trying to find a translator who spoke Russian after the passenger was removed.”
A Russian????🤨
Da!...........
,,, nothing when their hands and feet are amputated.
A “passenger”, hmmm?
Spirit Airlines passengers have to fly with somebody.
Obviously, the penalties for interfering with a commercial flight should be much more severe.
Oh that’s right
I had the lasagna
Move along, nothing to see here.
The Sheriff Department was trying to find a translator who spoke Russian after the passenger was removed.A Russian????
Purely pragmatic decision - since the likelihood of finding a Chechen or Dagestani interpreter was virtually nil.
But am I right? Those Cheeseheads are a funny crowd!
Regards,
YUP
90 minutes later?
Were they taxiing the whole time?
The follow up to this story should be real interesting...
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