United Airlines flight from Newark makes emergency landing in D.C.

A United Airlines flight from Newark Liberty International Airport was forced to make an emergency landing in Washington D.C. on Thursday night. The pilot reported to air traffic control that an unruly passenger on Flight 1551, a Boeing 737 Max 8 bound for Guatemala City with 145 passengers and six crew members on board, tried to open a door mid-flight — at 36,000 feet. The plane landed safely in Washington at 8:38 p.m. …