During the night from Saturday April 22 to Sunday April 23, a flight between airports from Newark (USA) to Tel-Aviv (Israel) was cancelled. The pilot of the United Airlines plane decided to turn back after an altercation between a passenger and crew members.
Back to the starting point. Upon disembarking, passengers on that United Airlines flight might have had a hard time believing they were back in Newark, New Jersey.
The plane had been taking off for three hours when the pilot decided to return after an argument between his crew members and a passenger, Israeli media outlet Ynet.news explains.
The police at the water landing
The latter wanted to go to the occupied toilets. Then he sat in a seat reserved for the staff while he waited. Called to order, he refuses to return to his seat. strengthen. But the passenger does not believe the threats directed at him.
“Crew members told him that if he didn’t return to his seat, the plane would turn around,” a witness told Ynet.news.
As the other passengers, who apparently had not been warned, observed their flight’s trajectory on the map, they realized that their plane was indeed returning to Newark. Upon landing, the police were waiting for the troublemaker.
But it was impossible for the plane to take off again immediately. The flight to Tel Aviv finally took place on Sunday evening.