Singapore Airlines Operates 8-Hour Flight To Nowhere Due To Unruly Passenger

Singapore Airlines Operates 8-Hour Flight To Nowhere Due To Unruly Passenger

A Singapore Airlines A350 bound for Singapore turned back to San Francisco over the Pacific after an unruly passenger, then took off again that night with a fresh crew.

SIA Flight to Singapore Turns Back to San Francisco After Passenger Becomes Unruly & Injures Himself

The passenger was handed over to local authorities after landing. SQ31 later departed again with a replacement crew.

Singapore Airlines flight diverted back to San Francisco

Singapore Airlines flight returns to San Francisco after unruly passenger incident on SQ31, with the passenger handed to local authorities. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singapore Airlines flight returns to San Francisco after ‘unruly’ passenger incident

Unverified Reddit posts say the passenger tried to reach an emergency exit Read more at The Business Times.

Following an hour-long taxi, SQ31 turned around over the Pacific and returned to SFO 8 hours after takeoff

SAN FRANCISCO — A Singapore Airlines ultra-long-haul service to Southeast Asia was forced to make a dramatic mid-ocean U-turn on Wednesday after a disruptive passenger onboard prompted the flight crew to turn back to California. Singapore Airlines Flight SQ31, an Airbus A350-900 registered as 9V-SJC, departed San Francisco International Airport (SFO) on Wednesday, October 14, […]