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Hallucinating Passenger Bites Fellow on Charlotte-Philadelphia Flight, FBI Probes

6/22/2026

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Story summary

A passenger on a Charlotte-Philadelphia flight bit another passenger and tried to fight others as the plane descended on June 21, 2026, prompting the pilot to report a hallucination.
The plane landed at Philadelphia International Airport before 10 a.m. ET, where emergency medical and law-enforcement crews met it and treated the passenger.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) opened an investigation into the mental-health crisis that created the security concern on the flight.

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Story summary

A passenger on a Charlotte-Philadelphia flight bit another passenger and tried to fight others as the plane descended on June 21, 2026, prompting the pilot to report a hallucination.
The plane landed at Philadelphia International Airport before 10 a.m. ET, where emergency medical and law-enforcement crews met it and treated the passenger.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) opened an investigation into the mental-health crisis that created the security concern on the flight.