United Airlines
The airline anticipates additional flight delays Wednesday evening.
Flight 108, carrying 230 people, was only moments into its ascent when its pilot reported the mid-air emergency to air traffic control.
Airport status reports from the FAA data said staffing issues were causing average delays of nearly two hours for some arriving flights at Newark.
The terrifying moment caused "a giant fireball," prompting everyone to panic, one passenger said.
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The planes, carrying more than 350 people, experienced "a loss of required separation" while preparing to land at the same Phoenix airport, the FAA said.
Flight 202 departed from Chicago's O'Hare airport before it landed in Maui on Dec. 24.
An FBI agent said Everett Chad Nelson punched the other man repeatedly in the face and head, leaving the man bleeding, before another passenger pulled him off the victim.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Davis says he was “humiliated” after being unjustly handcuffed and removed from a United Airlines flight over the weekend.
United Airlines said it is "investigating what caused this event."
A traveler who claimed to be on the plane said the excrement was in “a very liquid form.”