United Passenger Threw Tantrum Over Food, Flight Diverted to Chicago

• United Airlines was rerouted after passengers were upset that they weren’t served their meal of choice.
• The flight to Amsterdam was diverted to Chicago to drop off passengers.
• The plane had to drop fuel to be light enough to land.

A United Airlines flight to Amsterdam was forced to be diverted to Chicago after passengers sabotaged the flight because of their food choices.

A passenger sitting in business class was upset that the meal he had requested was not served. According to the Guardian newspaper.

The flight took off from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 4:20 p.m. Sunday, but eventually landed at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport just two hours later, according to reports. Photo posted on Twitter by Flightradar24 Shown United Airlines dumping fuel so it can circle the airport and land.

A Flightradar24 post said the plane was diverted to Chicago because of “unruly passengers.” Later that day, another Twitter user, XJonNYC, posted a picture of United Airlines internal communications. “Threat Level 1” on board. The Federal Aviation Administration defines this as the lowest level of threat in flight. “destructive behavior” It means “suspicious or threatening”.

XJonNYC said in the post below that passengers “I was outraged by the fact that his first choice meal was not available.” Passengers are sitting in business class, It is said that he was drunk.

Another photo posted by XJonNYC Shows United Airlines receiving orders to offload passengers from planes at O’Hare Airportfill up on petrol and continue the flight to Amsterdam.

“United Airlines Flight 20 from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Amsterdam was diverted to O’Hare International Airport after passenger confusion and landed safely,” United Airlines confirmed in a statement to the Guardian. Law enforcement met the aircraft at the gate and escorted passengers.” The plane then headed to Amsterdam. “

ABC Chicago reported that the plane was Arrived in Amsterdam on Monday.

Flight diversions are not uncommon. In November Two jets to Manchester diverted to Bilbao, Spain to allow passengers to use toilets Because the toilet on board was out of order.

same month, Frontier flight diverted to Atlanta after passenger threatened others with cutter knife. The plane was bound for Tampa.

United did not immediately respond to an insider’s request for comment.