May 9th, 2011 
davidguide St. Louis, MO, United States (AHN) – A Continental Airlines plane bound from Houston to Chicago made an emergency landing in St. Louis on Sunday after a passenger tried to open the door to get off.
The pilot of Continental Flight 546 told air traffic controllers at the Lambert St. Louis International Airport there was an unruly passenger aboard before landing there at 1:28 p.m., according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford.
The unruly passenger, identified as a 34-year-old man from the Chicago suburb of Burbank, left his seat and went to the main boarding door shouting he had to disembark.
A flight attendant screamed for assistance and two passengers and another flight attendant prevented the man from opening the door and restrained him.
All 160 passengers were unharmed. The unruly passenger, who was not armed, was later questioned by FBI agents and airport police.
The plane resumed its flight after spending and hour at the St. Louis airport and arrived in Chicago 3:24 p.m., according to Continental Airlines.
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