United flight from Chicago makes emergency landing after passenger's 'multiple attempts' to breach cockpit

A United Airlines formation bound for Minneapolis, Minnesota, made an exigency landing successful Madison, Wisconsin, connected Friday aft a rider allegedly attempted to tempest the cockpit, according to aerial postulation power audio.

The flight, which took disconnected from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport astatine astir 8 p.m. CDT, "landed safely successful Madison, Wisconsin to code a information interest with an unruly passenger," United said successful a connection shared with Fox News Digital.

The formation landed successful Madison's Dane County Regional Airport astir 90 minutes aft takeoff, according to formation tracking data.

While United did not uncover the circumstantial quality of the information concern, aerial postulation power audio from Dane County Regional Airport reviewed by WISN revealed that the rider made "multiple attempts to breach the cockpit."

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A United Airlines Boeing 777-222ER successful the bluish sky. (iStock)

"I bash not judge they ever cuffed him, but they were capable to yet get power of him aft aggregate attempts to effort to breach the cockpit," a unit subordinate says connected aerial postulation power audio. "I judge astatine this constituent helium is seated successful a spot and flanked with instrumentality enforcement officers connected either side."

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Scanner audio from the Dane County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) reviewed by Fox News Digital revealed further details from the incident.

"We're getting connection that determination is 5 off-duty instrumentality enforcement connected the level that person the idiosyncratic detained," a sheriff's bureau subordinate tin beryllium heard saying.

A United Express level arrives astatine a docking bay April 18, 2014, astatine the Madison, Wisconsin, airport. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Authorities removed the unruly rider from the formation astatine astir 10:30 p.m. CDT, sheriff's bureau communications revealed.

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"On May 29, 2026, the FBI was notified that a commercialized formation traveling from Chicago to Minneapolis was being diverted to Dane County Regional Airport. FBI Milwaukee's Madison Resident Agency and section instrumentality enforcement partners responded immediately. A taxable was detained by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office and afterwards passengers resumed their flight," the FBI said successful a connection shared with FOX 6 Milwaukee.

A United Airlines level sits connected the ground. A United formation was diverted to Madison, Wisconsin, aft an unruly rider reportedly tried to tempest the cockpit aggregate times. (Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto)

Fox News Digital contacted Madison Police Department, Dane County Sheriff's Office, TSA, the FBI and the Dane County Regional Airport for much information.