United Airlines plane. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
A United Airlines flight from Newark to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in Chicago Wednesday morning after a threatening note was discovered in the plane’s bathroom, police said.
United Airlines Flight 1533, packed with more than 200 travelers, lifted off from Newark Liberty International Airport around 6:05 a.m., CBS News reported. It was due to arrive at Los Angeles International Airport before 10 a.m., but the pilot had to change course, instead touching down at O’Hare International Airport around 7:40 a.m. after crewmembers reported a “Level Two” threat.
Witnesses and law enforcement sources told WLS that a passenger scuffled with crewmembers mid-air, and a bomb threat was found written on a note in a lavatory a short time later.
Police confirmed the Boeing 787 was evacuated upon arrival in Chicago, where they then combed through the aircraft in a safe…
