United Airlines flight forced to make emergency landing after 'passenger ranting in Russian tried to storm cockpit'

By WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 04:48, 30 May 2026 | Updated: 04:59, 30 May 2026 A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after an unruly passenger allegedly tried to storm the cockpit.  United UA2005 departed Chicago and was half way into its journey to Minneapolis on Friday night when it diverted to Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin.  The emergency landing came after an individual on board became disruptive, according to airline officials.  Several passengers said on social media that the as-yet unidentified hostile flier was ranting in Russian during the mid-flight struggle.  An image taken on board showed a man in a blue shirt being escorted off the aircraft by several police officers.  Details of the incident have not been made clear by authorities.  In a statement to the Daily Mail, United Airlines said the flight 'landed safely in Madison, Wisconsin to address a security concern with an unruly passenger.' 'The flight is expected to continue to Minneapolis later on Friday,' the airline said.  A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger allegedly tried to storm the cockpit United UA2005 from Chicago to Minneapolis on Friday night made an emergency landing at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin  United added that there were 147 passengers and six crew on board the Boeing 737 at the time and no injuries were reported.  The Daily Mail has contacted Dane County Regional Airport, police and the FAA for comment.  The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.