{"id":212144,"date":"2026-05-30T15:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/united-airlines-plane-diverted-and-unruly-passenger-detained-after-in-flight-incident-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:11:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:11:46","slug":"united-airlines-plane-diverted-and-unruly-passenger-detained-after-in-flight-incident-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/united-airlines-plane-diverted-and-unruly-passenger-detained-after-in-flight-incident-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines plane diverted and \u2018unruly passenger\u2019 detained after in-flight incident &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/united-flight-rerouted-passenger-tries-open-door-36000-feet-rcna346533\" target=\"_blank\">United<\/a> flight bound for Minneapolis diverted to Wisconsin on Friday night after reports of an unruly passenger, officials said.<br \/>Subscribe to read this story ad-free    <br \/>Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<br \/>Flight UA2005, which originated in Chicago, \u201clanded safely\u201d at Dane County Regional Airport near Madison \u201cto address a security concern with an unruly passenger,\u201d a United spokesperson said.<br \/>There were no reported injuries among the 147 passengers and six crew members on board.<br \/>A spokesperson for the FBI\u2019s Milwaukee office said the agency was notified of the flight\u2019s diversion. Its Madison office and local law enforcement responded to the airport.<br \/>A Dane County Sheriff\u2019s Office official confirmed that the plane requested law enforcement assistance.<br \/>\u201cA subject was detained by the Dane County Sheriff\u2019s Office and afterwards passengers resumed their flight,\u201d the FBI spokesperson said.<br \/>Air traffic control audio obtained by NBC News captured a discussion between ground and flight personnel when law enforcement responded to the incident.<br \/>\u201cI do not believe they ever cuffed him, but they were able to finally get control of him after multiple attempts to try to breach the cockpit,\u201d a crew member can be heard saying. \u201cI believe at this point he is seated in a seat and flanked with law enforcement officers on either side.\u201d<br \/>The flight continued on its journey to Minneapolis, landing early Saturday morning, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightaware.com\/live\/flight\/UAL2005\" target=\"_blank\">FlightAware data<\/a>.<br \/>Joe Kottke is an assignment editor at NBC News covering domestic news, including politics, immigration, crime, entertainment and severe weather.<br \/>Bella LoBue is a\u00a0Assignment Editor at NBC News Digital.<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNMVd5c05aaGpWal9OdXFKZ2xGaU9sTnFNQVRRMWFGbmRPYlRoTEp3X0xWcS0zckYzdFZOeWVKS2dVQk83ZDZzZllKYUhNMGxVWmpBRnFTbENkS0tVcEJyT2tVUlBvTWVXTTdNaWN3aGxHaTRNMTRtbmNqbHN3ODA3TkU3eUN6UjFRcWwxaUtzZEpkSjJzVFEtZFg1UTdfUUxNTXpTLU84Zw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeA United flight bound for Minneapolis diverted to Wisconsin on Friday night after reports of an unruly passenger, officials said.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Flight UA2005, which originated in Chicago, \u201clanded safely\u201d at Dane County Regional Airport near [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-212144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}