An altercation yesterday on United Airlines flight 476 led to multiple passengers and one flight attendant being hospitalized after landing at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

Another flight disturbance

UA476 departed San Francisco International Airport at 00:42 local time on November 13, 43 minutes late. The Boeing 777-200 headed for Chicago O'Hare International Airport, where it landed four minutes late, at 06:03 local time. When the aircraft arrived at the gate in Chicago, local police boarded the plane because of an altercation between a passenger and multiple flight attendants.

In multiple videos shared by passengers on flight 476, a woman holding a child appears standing in the aisle screaming at the flight attendants. Flight attendants are heard telling the passenger that the plane is landing at that she needs to take her seat for landing. The passenger pushes herself into a flight attendant blocking the aisle and tells the flight attendant to "f*** off" and that the passenger next to her smells of alcohol.

The woman repeatedly tells the flight attendant, "I will kill you." The videos are brief, but in one, a flight attendant is seen running down the aisle of the 777 to help de-escalate the situation.

At one point, four flight attendants are seen near the disturbed passenger, ready to assist and neutralize the situation.

According to Emily Jean, another passenger on the flight, the passenger in the incident acted strangely throughout the flight, muttering things under her breath that sounded like gibberish. The passenger, presumably named Sarah based on what the flight attendants say in the video, also told passengers, "Jesus Christ, our savior, is going to save us."

The crew of flight 476 requested that police meet the plane at the gate, and police officers met the aircraft at around 06:02. According to a statement from the Chicago Police Department, three people were taken to the nearby Resurrection Hospital for observation, including one of the flight attendants.

Simple Flying has reached out to United Airlines for additional information and an official statement but has not received a reply at the time of publication.

Shared no-fly list

Because of the rise of unruly passenger incidents since 2020, airline executives like Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian have suggested that the federal government create a national no-fly list. A federal no-fly list already exists and is more commonly known as "the watch list," a list for known terrorists or those suspected of being involved in terrorist activities.

Ed Bastian wants the federal government to expand its no-fly list to anyone federally charged with onboard disruptions. Airlines in the United States currently have the power to ban passengers because of unruly behavior, regardless of previous criminal convictions. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Delta has added almost 2,000 passengers to its no-fly list for refusing to comply with mask mandates.