Las Vegas Bound Flight Diverted To Denver

Author Mike O'Brian

July 13th, 2023 10:49 AM

You’re on your way to Las Vegas! You’ve been planning this trip and looking forward to having fun. Then all of a sudden your flight to Las Vegas is being diverted to DENVER! What the heck? It all comes down to a couple of passengers that had a disagreement of sorts. According to the story in the Daily Mail, the flight originated out of Philadelphia for Las Vegas, but had to make a hard right into Denver.

Evidently there were two women traveling together on the flight that just couldn’t get along. As you can imagine it turns into a full blown brawl on the plane in mid-air. On the other hand, it didn’t help matters having other passengers yelling to “shut up’ and get some class”! As the situation escalated into a full “cat fight” between these women, other passengers started to get involved.

“Sorry folks, we’re going to have to divert to Denver!”

Our own KLAS-Channel 8 reporting that a Las Vegas resident on the flight said that “It was fairly disruptive so passengers began to tell them to shut up because their behavior was escalating,” Even after the two women were separated, they continued to shout at each other and other passengers. Not the way you really want to start that Las Vegas weekend. And nothing you expect on a flight just trying to get back home.

After landing in Denver, the two women were lead off the plane to cheers and the applause of other passengers by authorities. Witnesses praised the Frontier flight crew for the way they handled the situation.

Let’s not forget that when you cause a situation on a flight and authorities have to be called in, it’s a federal crime. You can be charged and face time! Listen, we all just want to get to where we’re going…so sit back, enjoy the flight and have some pretzels!

Mike O’Brian is the Program Director and Morning Show host on 96.3 KKLZ in Las Vegas, along with Carla Rea. He has been with the Beasley Media Group for almost 23 years. Mike was named one of the “Best Program Directors In America” by Radio Ink magazine. Over the years, “The Mike & Carla Morning Show” have been presented with a number of proclamations for their work in the community and numerous awards. Having lived in Las Vegas for over 35 years, he writes articles on living in Las Vegas, sports, and odd stories happening within the state of Nevada. Mike is the host of the morning show and program director of 96.3 KKLZ/Las Vegas. He has been doing mornings in Las Vegas for the past 38 years. Over the years, he has hosted a numerous amount of community events and has been the P.A. announcer for a number of sports teams in Las Vegas. He has written on living in Las Vegas, the sports teams here, as well as odd & little-known facts about Las Vegas & Nevada.

Las Vegas On The List Of Cheapest Travel Destinations

Well, it’s shaping up to be a pretty big year in Las Vegas for visitors from outside of the state. People are coming to our neighborhood for all kinds of reasons. Brand new gaming venues are opening. Music festivals are happening throughout the year. Sporting events are becoming more and more plentiful. And now there’s another reason for tourists to put Sin City on their list of places to see. Many travel websites, like Kayak, just released a list of the cheapest places to travel to in 2023. And Las Vegas is on it.

Kayak made the list based on a variety of factors. First was who had the cheapest flights. We know specials are offered all the time on flights to Vegas. Especially these smaller airlines like Frontier, Allegiant and Spirit. I’ve flown from Vegas to California, Washington, Utah and Montana for very low fares.

The second factor Kayak considered was the price of hotels. Again, we have specials all the time in Las Vegas. And with rewards programs at our casinos, there’s a lot of money to be saved on lodging here. Add in our time shares and AirBnbs and you’ve got a lot of the cheapest options for visitors coming here.

The final considerations Kayak included in their list are which destinations on the web get the most searches. Also travel restrictions and security concerns in each area searched.

So where does Las Vegas land on the list of cheapest places to travel to? We took only the cities in the United States to put on our list. And, thanks to Travel and Leisure, we’ve gathered the average cost of flight and hotel it takes to travel to each place. Check out where Las Vegas falls on this list of top 13 cheapest places in the United States to travel to in 2023. – Wendy Rush