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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Lauren Aratani

United flight to Amsterdam reportedly diverted to Chicago over meal choice

Economy class airplane meal
Even after the unexpected diversion to Chicago, the plane arrived in Amsterdam only three hours after it was scheduled to. Photograph: Diy13/Getty Images/iStockphoto

A United Airlines flight heading from Houston to Amsterdam was diverted to Chicago after an unruly business class passenger interrupted the flight, reportedly because his first meal choice was unavailable.

The flight took off at 4.20pm local time in Houston on Sunday, and was in Chicago airspace two hours into the flight. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 showed that the plane circled Chicago’s O’Hare airport as it had to use up fuel, known as dumping fuel, or it would have been too heavy to land.

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