Summary A Delta Air Lines flight from Boston to Dublin was disrupted by an unruly ex-NFL player who urinated on a passenger. Passengers were accommodated on a later flight after being stuck in Boston for over 12 hours. The suspect was arrested and faces charges of disorderly conduct and disturbing flight crew.
A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Dublin, Ireland, from Boston was forced to return on Sunday after an unruly passenger reportedly urinated on another passenger. Upon landing, police arrested the suspect, who is a former professional football player. The ordeal resulted in the flight lasting just over two hours instead of the expected six hours over the Atlantic.
It was subsequently canceled, but Delta accommodated the passengers on another flight later Sunday evening. Flight path According to Boston local ABC affiliate WCVB , the incident occurred on DL154. The flight, operated by a Boeing 767-300ER , was scheduled to depart from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) on Saturday evening around 20:40, but it was significantly delayed for unknown reasons.
It pushed back from gate E4 three hours and 37 minutes late at 12:12 on Sunday, according to FlightAware . By 12:28, the aircraft was airborne from runway 15R. It headed southeast before turning northeast to assume its flight path.
About 20 minutes after takeoff, the plane had reached an initial cruising altitude of 35,000 feet and was traveling at a speed of around 530 miles per hour (mph). It maintained its altitu.