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๐จ UNITED FLIGHT ISSUES HIJACK ALERT AFTER PASSENGER THREATENS B*OMB, ATTEMPTS TO STORM COCKPIT
United Airlines Flight 2174 from Newark to New Orleans transmitted hijacking code โ7500โ after a passenger allegedly claimed to have a b*omb and attempted to breach the cockpit.
The suspect, identified as 34-year-old New Yorker Rony Gomez Alberto, was restrained by the situation being brought under control and arrested after landing.
All 46 passengers and six crew members landed safely. The suspect faces charges of communicating false information about planned arson and terrorizing.