United Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After An Ear Was Bitten Off
United Airlines Flight Forced To Make Emergency Landing After A ‘Report Of Someone’s Ear Being Bit Off’
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A United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey to Miami made an unexpected stop in South Carolina last week after police say a man bit another passenger.
Police say the suspect, 45-year-old John Yurkovich Jr., seemed “agitated” after a trip to the bathroom.
After asking for a glass of water, he began to “scream and thrash around.”
According to the police report, that’s when Yurkovich punched a passenger sitting next to him several times. While other people tried to restrain him, the same passenger was also allegedly bit on the ear (which later required seven stitches).
A doctor on board tried to subdue Yurkovich with a shot of Benadryl until the flight could land.
