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United flight from China to San Francisco diverted after passenger’s wild scuffle with flight attendant
Yahoo • • business
Key Points:
- United Airlines Flight UA858 from Shanghai to San Francisco made an unscheduled landing in Tokyo due to an unruly passenger causing disturbances mid-flight.
- The disruptive passenger reportedly shouted obscenities, threw documents and food packaging, and physically resisted cabin crew efforts to calm her.
- Police officers boarded the plane upon landing at Tokyo Narita Airport and escorted the passenger off the aircraft for safety reasons.
- Passengers described confusion and mixed reactions regarding the handling of the situation, with some perceiving mismanagement by both the crew and the passenger.
- After the diversion, a maintenance issue delayed the flight further, but it eventually resumed and arrived in San Francisco about 100 minutes behind schedule.
