US EditionMan Charged After Stabbing Two Teenagers with a Fork on a Flight From Chicago to Germany
Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli stabbed two 17-year-olds with a metal fork and assaulted others on a Lufthansa flight, causing diversion to Boston; he faces up to 10 years in prison.
- A 28-year-old Indian national, Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, allegedly stabbed two 17-year-old passengers with a metal fork on a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt.
- Usiripalli is accused of lunging at one teenager and stabbing him in the collarbone, then stabbing another in the back of the head.
- When crew members tried to stop Usiripalli, he allegedly formed a gun with his fingers, slapped a passenger, and tried to slap a crew member, leading the flight to divert to Boston where he was arrested.
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Panic in flight, Saturday, October 18, for passengers on board the airline Lufthansa, departing from Chicago and heading to Germany. The 28-year-old Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli took to fork two teenagers and was arrested. The flight, in fact, by decision of the commander was hijacked at the international airport Logan in Boston. The man was accused of assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to cause personal injury in relation to the incident…
Lufthansa Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Boston After Passenger Allegedly Stabs Two Minors With Metal Fork
A Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Germany made an emergency landing in Boston after a man allegedly stabbed two teens with a fork. Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, an Indian national, was charged with “one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm while traveling on an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts stated in a press release. “Acco…
A flight to Europe U-turned after a passenger's midair fork attack
Come 2025, Lufthansa will operate the world's longest 747 flight by distance.Arne Dedert/picture alliance via Getty ImagesA Lufthansa flight had to turn back after a passenger allegedly attacked people with a metal fork.The man is charged with assault and faces up to a decade in prison and a $250,000 fine.Unruly passenger incidents have fallen in recent years, but still occur twice as often as pre-COVID.A passenger allegedly stabbed two teenager…
Man arrested at Logan after allegedly stabbing two teens with metal fork on plane, officials say - The Boston Globe
The attack occurred on Lufthansa flight 431, which had departed from Chicago and was en route to Frankfurt but was diverted to Logan airport in Boston, officials said.
An Indian man stabbed two teenagers with a fork, slapped a female passenger and a crew member, and pretended to shoot himself during an international flight, authorities said.
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