United B772 over Canada on Oct 9th 2012, unruly passenger

Last Update: October 11, 2012 / 17:50:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 9, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-934

Aircraft Registration
N799UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A United Boeing 777-200, registration N799UA performing flight UA-934 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute at FL350 in Canadian Airspace about 500nm northnortheast of Chicago,IL (USA) when an intoxicated female passenger (34) began to push other passengers and a flight attendant. The captain decided to divert the aircraft to Chicago, where the aircraft landed safely at O'Hare Airport about 90 minutes later. The woman was taken into custody.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

Police reported the obviuosly intoxicated woman caused a disturbance on board, however, no charges were filed because the aircraft was over Canada at the time of the incident.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 9, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-934

Aircraft Registration
N799UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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