CHICAGO (WLS) — A man on a flight from Tokyo, Japan to Chicago was taken to a hospital after he had to be removed from the plane. A United Airlines flight declared an emergency over an unruly passenger Wednesday afternoon. ABC7 Chicago now broadcasts 24/7. Click here to watch The pilot told air traffic controllers that it was a level three emergency, which is the second highest level. Chicago police said a man was taken to a hospital for evaluation after the plane landed at O’Hare Airport. No further information was available about the incident. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, a plane had to make an emergency landing at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport due to a very unusual problem in a bathroom. A Frontier Airlines Flight 3566 was en route from Denver to Detroit when “the front sink faucet sprang a leak, causing water to flow along part of the plane’s floor,” airline officials said. Also on Wednesday, two private planes made contact Wednesday at Chicago’s Midway Airport. The wing of a parked plane made contact with the nose of a parked plane, the Chicago Department of Aviation said. Copyright © 2026 WLS-TV. All rights reserved.
