From New York Post · · 50s
United flight sends hijack alert after passenger bomb attempt
United Airlines flight lands safely after passenger tried to storm cockpit.
In brief
United Airlines flight lands safely after passenger tried to storm cockpit. A United Airlines flight from Newark to New Orleans landed safely in New Orleans after a passenger claimed to have a bomb and attempted to storm the cockpit. Originally reported by New York Post.
United flight sends hijack alert
A deranged passenger claimed he had a bomb and tried to storm the cockpit of a United Airlines flight out of New Jersey Monday night.
“A United Airlines flight from Newark to New Orleans sent out a hijacking distress call after a passenger tried to storm the cockpit.”
Passenger detained on flight
The 34-year-old Hispanic man who spoke nearly no English was detained in the back of the plane and the aircraft landed safely in New Orleans.
“Air Traffic Control audio reviewed Rheins revealed the nutjob, a 34-year-old Hispanic man who "spoke nearly no English", was detained in the back of the plane”
Flight lands safely in New Orleans
The plane’s passengers safely arrived at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport after the incident, landing around 11:15 p.m.
“United Airlines and local authorities did not immediately reply to The Post’s requests for comment.”
What to remember
A United Airlines flight from Newark to New Orleans landed safely in New Orleans after a passenger claimed to have a bomb and attempted to storm the cockpit.
