Cracker Rage Costs United Airlines $550,000

(6/25/2015) Last week, United Airlines Flight 971 flying from Rome to Chicago made an emergency landing in Belfast. Around 270 passengers are forced to sleep in the airport terminal because Belfast has not enough hotel to handle so many passengers. This type of air traffic disruption became more common recently and most of them are caused by unruled behavior of passengers. This episode was the same. However, after investigation, we found that the cause was because a male passenger demanding extra crackers several times and become a safety concern. The cost of this landing is estimated to be around $550,000.