ARREST

Plane Forced to Make Emergency Landing After Passenger Assault

A flight to Munich was forced to land hours early due to an in-flight attack.

An onboard outburst by a passenger on a Lufthansa flight from San Francisco to Munich caused the plane to make an emergency landing in Boston. Flight LH459 left San Francisco on Thursday morning with 508 people on board when the incident happened. According to police, a female passenger attacked another passenger on the plane, causing the A380 to change its flight path for an urgent landing. “The reason for the diversion was an unruly passenger who posed a threat to the safe continuation of the flight,” a Lufthansa employee said following the incident. The flight was forced to sharply pivot south towards Chicago from Manitoba, ultimately heading towards Boston, the suspect was handcuffed to her seat until the flight touched down at Logan International Airport. The woman’s luggage was removed from the plane and she was detained upon landing. The incident is under investigation.