Tokyo flight was diverted to Seattle after the passenger tried to open the starting doors

A flight from Tokyo to Houston was diverted to Seattle on Saturday after a passenger tried to open two of the aircraft’s starting doors, according to the FBI and a spokesman for the port of Seattle.

The crew and the passengers held back the person who was taken to a hospital for a medical assessment after landing, the FBI said in an explanation.

The entire flight 114 from Nippon Airways drove from Japan’s Haneda Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston when it was diverted “due to a stubborn passenger”, said the airline.

The aircraft-a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner-War, according to the flight tracking website, flightsware in the air for about 10 hours when it ended up at 4 a.m. at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

“The Port of Seattle police were called due to reports from a passenger who tried to open the starting doors during the flight,” spokesman Chris Guizlo told CNN on Sunday.

No injuries were reported to the remaining passengers and the flight crew, added Guizlo.

“Our report shows that the flight is diverted due to a passenger disorder,” a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN on Sunday.

On arrival, a second passenger became unruly on the asphalt in Seattle, according to Nippon Airways. The person was frustrated when it was steered and beat the bathroom door, said the FBI.

The person was “removed because of unruly behavior before the plane left the sea for Houston,” remarked Guizlo. “This was not connected and the passenger was exhausted without incident.”

The FBI added.

According to the airline and flightsware, he landed shortly before 1 o’clock local time without incident in Houston.

A similar distraction occurred From Bali, Indonesia, to Melbourne had to turn around after a passenger tried to open a plane door when the aircraft flew over the Indian ocean, according to inexpensive carriers.

In the United States, the FAA has a zero tolerance guideline for unruly passenger behavior that rose to a record high with almost 6,000 reports. Since then, the reports have decreased significantly, but in 2023 there were still more than 2,000 incidents, as the FAA numbers show. In 2023, more than 400 enforcement measures were initiated and 7.5 million US dollars were raised against such passengers.

A unruly passenger last November tried to open an aircraft door on a flight from Milwaukee, injured a companion and asked other passengers to arrange him.

The man supposedly said a flight attendant he wanted and needed to leave the plane now, a report by the International Airport Department of Public Safety from Dallas Fort Worth.

Last year, a man was charged in the unprovoked beating of a passenger on board a flight by United Airlines after repeating the person until the blood was pulled.