A United Airlines flight travelling from Newark, New Jersey, to New Orleans, Louisiana, was forced to issue a hijacking alert after a passenger allegedly claimed to have a bomb and attempted to storm the cockpit.\n<\/p>\n
The passenger, identified as 34-year-old Rony Gomez Alberto, was arrested after the aircraft landed safely at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Monday night.\n<\/p>\n
According to the New York Post on Tuesday, the incident involved United Airlines Flight 2174, which departed Newark International Airport at about 9:30 pm with 46 passengers and six crew members on board.\n<\/p>\n
The pilots reportedly alerted air traffic control to an attempted breach of the cockpit after Alberto allegedly behaved irrationally and falsely told the crew that he had a bomb.<\/p>\n
Air traffic control audio reportedly revealed that the passenger, who authorities said spoke very little English, was restrained at the back of the aircraft as the situation unfolded.<\/p>\n
The aircraft landed safely in New Orleans at about 11:15 pm, where officers from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff\u2019s Office were waiting to receive it.\n<\/p>\n
United Airlines confirmed the incident on Tuesday, saying the \u201csheriff\u2019s office met the aircraft upon arrival.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alberto was subsequently taken into custody and charged with communicating false information about planned arson and terrorising, according to local publication NOLA.com. <\/p>\n
He is being \u201cheld without bail at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Centre.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The incident comes weeks after another passenger, \u201c25-year-old Dante Milne, was arrested over an alleged threat to hijack and crash a United Airlines flight travelling to New Jersey.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Milne, a trainee welder from Woodridge, allegedly sent a threatening text message while aboard the October 24 flight from Las Vegas.\n<\/p>\n
According to a criminal complaint, a flight attendant noticed him typing the message, which read, \u201cI\u2019m gonna hijack this bitch and crash ur row only.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The threat prompted the aircraft to return to Harry Reid International Airport about 15 minutes after take-off.\n<\/p>\n
Milne reportedly told police he was drunk and had been joking with a friend, describing the message as poorly worded banter between co-workers.<\/p>\n
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