Commercial Flight from Chicago Makes Emergency Landing at Wisconsin Airport After Passenger’s Repeated Attempts to Break Into Cockpit A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis made an emergency landing in Madison, Wisconsin, after a passenger repeatedly attempted to breach the cockpit. The flight, which departed from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, landed safely in Madison approximately 90 minutes after takeoff due to the security concern. Off-duty law enforcement officers on board detained the passenger until authorities could take him off the plane.

• A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Minneapolis diverted to Madison, Wisconsin.
• The diversion was due to a passenger’s multiple attempts to enter the cockpit.
• Off-duty law enforcement officers on the flight detained the disruptive passenger.
• Authorities met the plane in Madison and removed the passenger.
• The Dane County Sheriff’s Department sought a Russian translator for the passenger.