article_snippet: Dulles, Virginia (CNN)Two quick-thinking passengers in the third row of a United flight to Denver tackled and subdued a man who was heading toward the cockpit, other travelers on plane told CNN on Tuesday.
article_snippet: Dulles, Virginia (CNN)Two quick-thinking passengers in the third row of a United flight to Denver started shortly after United Flight 1074 took off around 10:15 p.m. Monday from Dulles International Airport in suburban Washington.
article_snippet: The Boeing 737 jet was supposed to take The Boeing 737 jet 33 passengers and six crew members to Denver, but turned back because the unnamed passenger "failed to comply with crew instructions," United Airlines spokesman Luke Punzenberger said.
article_snippet: the plane returned to Dulles around 10:40 p.m., said Kimberly Gibbs, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which runs the northern Virginia airport.
article_snippet: By then, the other passengers -- none of whom was injured -- had been rebooked on new Denver-bound flights.
article_snippet: Some opted to take the first flight to Colorado on Tuesday, while others chose to leave later, according to Punzenberger, the United spokesman.