A United Airlines plane seen at the gate at Chicago OHare International airport (ORD)on October 5, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images) A United Airlines flight was diverted earlier this week after a passenger allegedly bit another man’s ear and assaulted other people on board, according to police.
In a statement provided to Fox News on Friday, United confirmed that flight 728 had to be diverted to Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday "due to a disruptive passenger on board.""Law enforcement officials met the aircraft upon landing," the airline said.
The flight was scheduled to fly from Newark, New Jersey, to Miami, but stopped in Charleston, South Carolina, because of the.