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United Flight Diverted Due to Attempted Cockpit Breach

Posted on 5/29/26 at 10:29 pm
Posted by CaptainJ47
Gonzales
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 5/29/26 at 10:29 pm
In one of the Delta Airlines FB groups one of the moderators shared that in the last hour a United Airlines flight from OHare to Minneapolis was diverted to Madison WI. Apparently United has alerted all of its planes. The threat was a level 4 which is an attempted or successful breach. No clue why those are the same.

The flight is UA2005.

I see some Reddit threads and a few X posts but no mainstream news. Apparently a Russian gentleman got up during taxi for takeoff and then became unruly. Not sure what happened to have it escalate.

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Posted by rocksteady
Member since Sep 2013
3014 posts
Posted on 5/29/26 at 10:31 pm to
Sometimes I’m convinced they are flying the wrong direction, sorry
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Member since Jul 2018
8132 posts
Posted on 5/29/26 at 10:31 pm to
Oh man. When you said Chicago to Minny I didn’t expect a ruskie
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
45012 posts
Posted on 5/29/26 at 10:32 pm to
Posted by dkreller
Laffy
Member since Jan 2009
34091 posts
Posted on 5/29/26 at 10:56 pm to
quote:

Apparently a Russian gentleman got up during taxi for takeoff and then became unruly.

I don’t understand. Why did the plane leave the ground if this was going on?
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Member since Jan 2005
81099 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 4:50 am to
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Why did the plane leave the ground if this was going on?


777 could confirm but maybe once they're moving a certain speed they can't stop.
Posted by Saintsisit
Member since Jan 2013
5270 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 5:08 am to
It says during taxiing.
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
39570 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 5:16 am to
The Russian baw probably just got wasted at the bar before the flight I doubt it's anything more serious than that
Posted by tiger789
on the bayou
Member since Dec 2008
2521 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 8:29 am to




maybe he needed to tee tee
Posted by Stevo
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2004
12497 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 8:32 am to
quote:

Why did the plane leave the ground if this was going on?


V1
Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
2366 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 8:32 am to
Maybe he saw the unreal motherfricker in the back and was determined to tell the captain.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
72633 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 8:37 am to
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Not sure what happened to have it escalate.


Posted by 32footsteps
Member since Oct 2017
613 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 8:46 am to
If the guy is a communist he’ll fit right in if he stays in Madison.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69234 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 10:34 am to
Damn I fly that route maybe once a week. Could’ve been me.
Posted by alphaandomega
Tuscaloosa-Here to Serve
Member since Aug 2012
17161 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 10:36 am to
I dont understand why after 911 new planes were not designed to be entry proof.

My thought would be separate access from outside the plane. Have a small bathroom and minifridge and coffee pot. No access to cockpit from the passenger side of the plane.
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
7634 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 10:38 am to
Every plane should have a bouncer with a tazer.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 5/30/26 at 10:41 am to
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from OHare to Minneapolis

Figured this would be a Somalian
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
85187 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 10:44 am to
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dont understand why after 911 new planes were not designed to be entry proof.


All planes were retrofitted with cockpit doors that you aren’t getting through.

They all open out, so nearly impossible to kick in and you aren’t gonna pull them open by the door handle.

By the time you get through one the pilots would have the plane on the ground and/or the crew and passengers would have taken you out.
This post was edited on 5/30/26 at 10:49 am
Posted by Kjnstkmn
Vermilion Parish
Member since Aug 2020
21988 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 1:13 pm to
5 LEO’s on board the flight, numb nuts found out

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