Passenger gets stuck in bathroom on United flight

SAN FRANCISCO, California -- A flight bound for San Francisco was forced to make an emergency landing after someone got stuck in the bathroom.

Video shot by a passenger shows crews trying to get the door open. The ABC affiliated station in Denver says the United Airlines flight landed there around 7:30 local time Wednesday night.

It took off from Washington D.C.

They report the passenger eventually got out safely.

United was trying to get the plane back in the air promptly.

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