United A320 near Denver on Aug 25th 2012, unruly medical emergency

Last Update: August 25, 2012 / 22:24:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 25, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-734

Aircraft Registration
N487UA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A United Airbus A320-200, registration N487UA performing flight UA-734 from San Francisco,CA to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) with 150 passengers, was enroute at FL350 about 180nm northeast of Denver,CO (USA) when the crew decided to divert due to an unruly male passenger (32) on board who turned into a medical emergency after it was determined he had taken substantially more than his normal dose of his medicine. The aircraft landed safely in Denver about 50 minutes after turning around, police officers escorted the man off the aircraft.

The aircraft reached Chicago with a delay of 2 hours.

The FBI reported the passenger was not arrested.

Charges of interference with flight crew and abusive sexual contacts were filed against the unruly however, alleged to have groped a woman and making abuse statements towards other passengers as well as spitting and threatening police officers escorting him off the aircraft.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 25, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-734

Aircraft Registration
N487UA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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