Wisconsin CRJ2 near Boston on May 10th 2012, unruly passenger

Last Update: May 11, 2012 / 11:25:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 10, 2012

Airline
Air Wisconsin

Flight number
ZW-3801

Departure
Portland, United States

Destination
Philadelphia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N434AW

Aircraft Type
Canadair Corporate Jetliner

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ2

An Air Wisconsin Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of US Airways, registration N434AW performing flight ZW-3801/US-3801 from Portland,ME to Philadelphia,PA (USA) with 50 passengers and 3 crew, was enroute at FL280 about 30nm southwest of Boston,MA (USA) when the captain reported they had an obviously delusional male passenger (40) who had attempted to open the cabin door to the outside, the passenger had been moved to the rear of the aircraft, the cockpit door was secure, other passengers had subdued the unruly and were holding him down. The crew decided to divert to Boston for a safe landing on runway 04R about 15 minutes later. The aircraft subsequently taxied to the north cargo area where police took the unruly passenger into custody.

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

Police reported the passenger was charged with interference with flight crew.

The unruly's family reported the man had a history of seizures and was taking medication. This was his first incident while travelling on business.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 10, 2012

Airline
Air Wisconsin

Flight number
ZW-3801

Departure
Portland, United States

Destination
Philadelphia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N434AW

Aircraft Type
Canadair Corporate Jetliner

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ2

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