United flight from London makes emergency landing - TravelMole


United flight from London makes emergency landing

Saturday, 17 Aug, 2006 0

A United Airlines flight from London to Washington made an emergency landing in Boston yesterday (Wednesday) after a disturbance onboard.

A 59-year-old woman from Vermont was arrested in connection with a confrontation with the flight crew.

Nenette Day, a spokesperson with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Boston, said the woman was apparently claustrophobic and became disruptive on the flight.

This isn’t just an ‘I want another drink kind of thing,’. It was a disruption that caused them to divert the plane,” Day said.

The woman was also believed to be carrying hand cream – a banned item – and matches on board.

Flight 923, carrying 182 passengers and 12 crew, was escorted by fighter jets to Boston.

“There are no known links to terrorism regarding this event at this time,” said Christopher White, a US Transportation Security Administration spokesperson.

Air passengers have been subjected to heightened security since last Thursday when Scotland Yard foiled a plot to blow up planes from London to the US.



 

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