I wrote yesterday about how an American Airlines flight returned to its origin because of a passenger who refused to wear a mask. The United Airlines flight returned to its origin because of self-up graders.
The United flight to Tel Aviv returned to Newark.
The United Airlines flight from Newark to Tel Aviv was operated by a Boeing plane. The flight was supposed to leave Newark at 11:05PM and arrive in Tel Aviv at 4:20PM today.
The flight left Newark on time, but there were problems after takeoff. According to reports, two passengers tried to upgrade to business class because the cabin wasn't full. The passengers refused to return to their assigned seats even though the crew told them that was not how it worked. The witnesses said that the passengers then rioted.
The decision was made to return to Newark because the plane was near the United States and Canada border. The plane returned to Newark around 1:30AM, after two hours after departure. The flight path is shown on the map.
The flight path for a plane.
The passengers were arrested after the police met the flight.
I think the airline couldn't find a crew to operate the flight since the initial crew timed out. I am not sure what the meaning of the phrase "canceled because of airport conditions" is supposed to be.
The flight status from last night.
What were these passengers thinking?
I don't understand what goes through people's minds when they act like that. I would like to think that nobody would act this way in a sober state, because I would like to think that they are drunk or on drugs.
How did the two passengers see the end? When the crew told them that they couldn't stay in business class seats, did they think standing their ground would work without consequences? What went through the passengers minds when the plane turned around?
I mentioned in my post yesterday about American's mask related diversion that there are a few more thoughts.
The amount of fuel burned, the pay for the entire crew, along with the impact on the flight in the other direction that had to be canceled made this diversion very expensive.
The passengers who caused this diversion should be sued by United.
It is interesting how the solution for crews in these situations is almost always to just turn the plane around and make everyone wait, assuming that the passengers just wanted their business class seats, and that they were not drunk or otherwise disruptive.
Is these seats worth going to jail for?
I don't know what happened on this particular flight, so I don't think the last point should be the solution. It seems like an approach like that is almost never taken, and I feel like it might work just as well, without inconveniencing hundreds of other people, and costing an airline a ton of money.
The Boeing plane is for United Airlines.
The bottom line.
The United Airlines flight from Newark to Tel Aviv took over two hours because of two passengers who decided to self-upgrade. They took business class seats after takeoff and refused to return to their original seats.
Hundreds of people were stranded since a flight in the other direction had to be canceled as well, and this cost United a lot of change.
People are such jerks.
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