A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Hong Kong was transferred to Alaska after the crew told the plane that a passenger had been...
A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Hong Kong was transferred to Alaska after the crew told the plane that a passenger had been spreading feces in the two toilets, the airport police said Friday.
"We have received a report of a passenger spreading his feces in the toilets," said the lieutenant at the Ankorridge Airport police, Josh Jamash, in a telephone statement.
The 22-year-pregnant man with a Vietnamese passport, as well as a resident of the United States, was taken out the plane was handcuffed, overnight, and was met by law enforcement authorities in the airport access lounge.
Following his interrogation by the authorities through an interpreter, he was transferred to the Anchorage Hospital for a mental evaluation, Reuters quoted.
Jamesh explained that the man did not pose threats and did not try to enter Saddam with the crew, so no charges were brought against him.
United Airlines, owned by the ae, reported that 245 people were aboard the plane and that it had provided hotel accommodations for its customers.
