Traffic & Transit
Couple's Argument Causes Flight To Return To O'Hare
A fight between a couple caused a Toronto-bound flight to return to Chicago.
CHICAGO — An arguing couple caused an American Airlines flight to return to O'Hare around 15 minutes after its departure Wednesday. The couple was removed from the plane and booked on a later flight, the airline confirmed.
The Toronto-bound flight 3284 left shortly after 5 p.m., but "two disruptive passengers" caused the plane to return, a carrier spokesperson said.
Police met the airplane on the runway, and escorted the couple off the plane. No one was injured and no charges were filed, police said.
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The return caused the flight to be delayed for about four hours — it departed for Toronto just after p.m., American Airlines confirmed.
A passenger on board the flight tweeted a photo of police taking the couple off the flight:
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Flight AA3284 @AmericanAir sent back to #Chicago @fly2ohare half way through our flight to Toronto due to a passenger assaulting his wife. He refused to get off when we landed so we all had to deplane. @Chicago_Police tell me this guy is under arrest? #domesticviolence pic.twitter.com/QlsXOD8K2U
— Christy Brissette RD (@80twentyrule) November 29, 2018
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