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SIA flight returns to San Francisco almost 9 hours after departure…

Singapore Airlines turned the plane back to San Francisco nearly nine hours after takeoff because of a passenger described as unruly; a very long way to go for a U-turn.

On air: Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson on Wake Up, America
Published 5:40 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by CNA: “SIA flight returns to San Francisco almost 9 hours after departure over 'unruly' passenger”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 5:40 AM ET on Wake Up, America, by Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson.
Topics: San Francisco.
BBN covered this story before: Boat dwellers near San Francisco face an Oct. 15 exit deadline (October 13).

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CNASIA flight returns to San Francisco almost 9 hours after departure over 'unruly' passenger

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA Singapore Airlines flight turned around and came back to San Francisco almost nine hours after it left, because of an unruly passenger, CNA reports.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNine hours to arrive at the exact spot you left. That's my Tuesday on the interstate.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd not one exit to stretch your legs. Brock, what's the commute look like?
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNew York is sixty-one and partly cloudy, with a low of thirty-six tomorrow. Chicago is fifty-two and cloudy, with a twenty-two kilometer wind.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistLos Angeles is seventy-three now and ninety-one tomorrow.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNinety-one?
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistCloudy and ninety-one, Chip. Nobody can see the sun and everybody's sweating in the carpool lane.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMy peeve is the guy who reclines the whole way back. Brock, give us the rating.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistTen honks. The passenger got a free lap of the Pacific and nobody even cleaned the windshield.

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