A Man Is Arrested After Saying He Had a Bomb While Aboard a Flight Bound for New Orleans
The 34-year-old was booked on false-information and terrorizing charges after the Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate the incident.
- On Monday, a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, landed safely at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport after a passenger allegedly claimed to have a bomb onboard.
- Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said the 34-year-old man began acting irrationally around 11:20 p.m. and reportedly told crew members he possessed a bomb during the flight.
- Carrying 46 passengers and six crew members, the Boeing 737 Max 9 arrived just before midnight, where all passengers were safely deplaned and transported to the terminal.
- After being arrested without incident, the man was booked into Jefferson Parish Correctional Center on charges of communicating false information of planned arson and terrorizing.
- The Federal Aviation Administration plans to investigate the incident, while Associated Press writer Josh Funk in Omaha, Nebraska, contributed to this report.
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Man arrested after allegedly saying he had a bomb while aboard a flight from N.J. to New Orleans
The airplane, which departed from Newark Liberty International Airport, landed safely at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, authorities said.
A man is arrested after allegedly saying he had a bomb while aboard a flight bound for New Orleans
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that the 34-year-old man started acting irrationally late in the evening during the flight.
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A man who said he had a bomb while aboard a flight bound for New Orleans has been arrested, authorities say. The unnamed 34-year-old man started acting irrationally late in the evening during the flight and reportedly told crew members that he had a bomb, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. The airplane landed...
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