United Airlines flight from New York declares 'unlawful interference' emergency

United Airlines flight from New York declares 'unlawful interference' emergency The diversion comes after a United Airlines flight was forced to divert to deal with an 'odor' on board, along with a string of hoax bomb threats have caused chaos at airports across Europe Police were scrambled to a flight from New York to New Orleans on its arrival after a incident involving a passenger onbaord, which led to the crew transmitting an emergency warning code indicating 'unlawful interference'. United Airlines flight UA2174 from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, which serves New York, has reportedly transmitted code 7500 indicating unlawful interference. The flight was heading to New Orleans, where it appears to have touched down at Louis Armstrong International Airport. United Airlines issued a statement to the Mirror, saying: "United flight 2174 from Newark to New Orleans landed safely following a disruptive incident involving a passenger onboard. Law enforcement met the aircraft upon arrival." There were 46 passengers and six crew members on the Boeing 737 MAX 9, the airline has confirmed. The diversion comes after a United Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Newark was forced to divert to Greece yesterday to deal with an 'odour' on board, along with a string of hoax bomb threats have caused chaos at airports across Europe in the last week. On Tuesday, seven flights across Europe - two of which had departed from the UK - were subjected to bomb threats. Two days later, on Thursday, hoax bomb threats targeted at least 27 fights in Europe. Fighter jets were scrambled to escort an Aer Lingus aircraft over France, a Finnair plane over Italy, and three Ryanair flights over Bulgaria. The following day, on Friday, flights to and from countries including the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Italy and Romania were affected by similar threats. Two flights departing from and arriving in Rome were targeted. Prague Airport also confirmed it received repeated threats on planes travelling to and from the airport. Danish police too said they are investigating threats directed towards air traffic at Copenhagen Airport. Nine of the affected flights in total were either heading to or departing from Václav Havel Airport in Prague, an airport spokesperson said. The Mirror's map shows all the flights disrupted on Thursday.