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The international flight was heading from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston to Amsterdam on Sunday night when the passenger created what United Airlines described as a "disturbance."
United said the plane was diverted to Chicago, where it landed safely at the O'Hare International Airport, and law enforcement took the passenger into custody. The plane then resumed its flight to Amsterdam.
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There is no word yet on what the "disturbance" was.