NewsForce(@Newsforce):🇺🇸 UPDATE: The passenger accused of making a bomb threat and attempting to breach the cockpit of a United Airlines flight has been identified as Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, 34, a Honduran national. According to DHS, Gomez-Alberto was previously deported from the U.S. twice and had attempted to enter the country illegally 3 times. He now faces criminal charges in Louisiana, and ICE has lodged a detainer against him.

2026.11.11 02:19

🇺🇸 UPDATE: The passenger accused of making a bomb threat and attempting to breach the cockpit of a United Airlines flight has been identified as Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, 34, a Honduran national. According to DHS, Gomez-Alberto was previously deported from the U.S. twice and had attempted to enter the country illegally 3 times. He now faces criminal charges in Louisiana, and ICE has lodged a detainer against him.

NewsForce@Newsforce

2026.11.10 21:42

🇺🇸 A United Airlines flight from Newark to New Orleans sent out a hijacking distress call Monday night after a passenger claimed he had a bomb and attempted to breach the cockpit. The 34-year-old Hispanic man, who spoke little English, was restrained by crew and other passengers in the rear of the plane, which landed safely at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputies took the passenger into custody without incident.