Concerning 'Hijack' Text Prompts United Flight to Turn Back, Cockpit Audio Indicates
The FAA said 150 passengers were delayed overnight after crew reported a passenger disturbance and the aircraft returned safely.
- On Saturday, October 24, United Airlines Flight 1681 returned to Harry Reid International Airport after a flight attendant reported a passenger sending text messages about hijacking the aircraft.
- The pilot initiated a "lockdown" and signaled a general emergency by changing the squawk code to 7700, opting to return to Las Vegas shortly after departure.
- Because the Boeing 737 MAX 8 lacks fuel-dump capabilities, the crew flew a longer route to burn excess fuel before landing safely with 150 passengers and six crew members aboard.
- Travelers faced an overnight delay in Las Vegas, with the replacement service departing at around seven a.m. on Sunday, October 25, for Newark Liberty International Airport.
- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident, which occurred less than a month after an attempted hijacking on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
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A U.S. airline passenger airliner, United Airlines, was forced to interrupt the flight as a matter of urgency after a flight attendant noticed correspondence from a traveler with plans to seize the ship, wrote New York Post (NYP). According to NYP, a airliner with 150 passengers and six crew members was travelling to Newark on the night of 25 October. Shortly after the flight, the flight attendant saw that one of the passengers on board was send…
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United Airlines Flight 1681 returned to Las Vegas after a crew member reportedly saw a passenger texting about hijacking. No injuries were reported, and passengers reached Newark the next day.
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