A United Airlines flight headed to Miami from Newark, New Jersey, made an surprising cease in Charleston, South Carolina, after a person on board bit one other passenger, in line with a report from the Charleston County Aviation Authority Police Department.
Police responded to gate A-2 on the airport when the aircraft landed early after a “report of someone’s ear being bit off” in line with the report, supplied by spokesperson Spencer Pryor.
United confirmed the flight landed early as a result of disturbance and referred further query to native police.
“On Wednesday, United flight 728 from Newark to Miami diverted to Charleston, South Carolina due to a disruptive passenger on board,” United stated in an announcement supplied by Robert Einhorn, airline spokesperson. “Law enforcement officials met the aircraft upon landing.”
The flight landed at 10:10 a.m. native time and taxied to the gate, the place it was met by police. On the aircraft, responding officers noticed “the suspect,” recognized as John Yurkovich, from New Jersey, together with his palms tied behind his again with zip ties and a belt, in line with the police report.
Passengers seated in entrance of Yurkovich have been requested to disembark and he was taken in for questioning.
One passenger, recognized as “Victim #1,” was seated subsequent to Yurkovich. The passenger stated Yurkovich appeared “agitated” after a visit to the lavatory, in line with the report. Yurkovich requested the flight crew for water and bought as much as retrieve “what appeared to be pills” from a carry-on bag, the passenger stated.
Then, Yurkovich, again in his seat, started to “scream and thrash around,” the passenger stated.
Yurkovich hit Victim #1 with a “closed fist,” breaking their glasses, in line with the police report. Surrounding passengers tried to restrain Yurkovich and Victim #1 sustained one other damage: a laceration to the ear.
Then, a passenger seated behind Yurkovich tried to intervene and was struck, in line with the report. That passenger advised police he thought his nostril may be damaged. Another passenger who was seated subsequent to Victim #1, advised authorities Yurkovich punched him within the “temporal” area however was not critically injured.
A medical physician who was additionally a passenger advised authorities he injected Yurkovich with Benadryl to subdue him, in line with the report.
Police arrested Yurkovich a costs of “possession with intent to distribute methamphetamines” after discovering 1.5 grams of “white crystal substance” in his pocket that later examined to be methamphetamines, in line with police.
The FBI additionally has pending costs towards Yurkovich, in line with the report.
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