Somewhere over the Atlantic, the fragile social contract of shared flight fractured when a first-class passenger, denied further alcohol, turned the cabin of United Flight 18 into a scene of physical confrontation. A 37-year-old Russian woman was removed from the aircraft after allegedly biting a flight attendant and resisting restraint, prompting the captain to divert the Milan-to-Newark crossing to Bangor, Maine. The incident joins a long and troubling record of mid-air disruptions in which the confined intimacy of flight amplifies human volatility into something requiring federal interventi
United flight diverted after first-class passenger allegedly bites attendant
A flight attendant was bitten on the wrist during the altercation; the passenger was detained by US Customs and Border Patrol.