United flight attendant taken to hospital following incident with ‘disruptive customer’. United Airlines said unruly customer removed by law enforcement upon arrival.
A United Airlines flight attendant was taken to a Chicago hospital following an incident on a United flight from San Francisco to Chicago on Sunday morning.
“A disruptive customer on a flight from San Francisco to Chicago was removed by law enforcement upon landing on Sunday, and one member of the flight attendant crew was taken to a hospital for evaluation,” United Airlines said in a statement.
Chicago police responded to a gate at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Sunday morning after a “disturbance” on United Flight 476. Three people on the plane were taken to nearby Resurrection Hospital for observation, according to a statement from the Chicago Police Department.
A video captured by a passenger shows several flight attendants confronting a woman carrying a child. Screaming and yelling are heard as the passenger screams out, “Where is it?”
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One of the flight attendants tells the woman, “Ma’am, we are landing,” before saying, “Sarah, step back. Step back. Sarah, step back,” in a panicked tone.
The flight attendant continues to tell “Sarah” to step back as another flight attendant is seen running toward the encounter from the front of the plane.
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“We’re grateful to our crew for handling this difficult situation with professionalism and for putting the safety of our team and our customers first,” United Airlines said in the statement.