United B744 over Pacific on Apr 7th 2012, unruly passenger

Last Update: April 8, 2012 / 14:12:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 7, 2012

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-840

Departure
Sydney, Australia

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N121UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A United Boeing 747-400, registration N121UA performing flight UA-840 from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was enroute over the Pacific when a passenger got increasingly unruly until crew decided to restrain the unruly and divert to Honolulu,HI (USA) for a safe landing on runway 08L. Police took the unruly into custody. A passenger on board reported the man in his eartly twenties became increasingly drunk while consuming his stock of alcohol purchased in duty free and became increasingly agitated, was handcuffed and taken away by police after landing in Honolulu. Three passengers, who assisted the crew in restraining the unruly, were upgraded to business class for the continuation to Los Angeles. The aircraft reached Los Angeles with a delay of 110 minutes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 7, 2012

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-840

Departure
Sydney, Australia

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N121UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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