A believed-to-be United Airlines flight attendant is recovering after an “altercation” onboard a flight on Monday. It happened at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) before departing for Denver International Airport (DEN) . The alleged crew member was taken to a nearby hospital after reportedly being physically assaulted by a passenger described as a " person in crisis.
" While one victim has been confirmed, a secondary witness claims United replaced two crew members before the flight departed. Details of the incident Data from Flightradar24 shows that UA1017 was operated by a Boeing 777-200ER . It was scheduled to depart from Gate D3 at 17:20 but did not push back until approximately 18:39.
The exact timing of the incident is not clear, but law enforcement responded to the gate about 20 minutes after the flight’s scheduled departure time. A spokesperson from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), the operator of Washington Dulles, confirmed the incident with Simple Flying on Wednesday. “On November 11 around 5:40 p.
m., Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police, as well as fire and rescue personnel, responded to United flight 1017 at its gate at Dulles International an altercation on an aircraft. Officers determined the suspect was a person in crisis, and they were transported to a local hospital for a mental health evaluation.
In addition, one victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No charges we.
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