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The 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 man was not identified. The airplane, which
departed from Newark, New Jersey, landed safely at Louis
Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, and the man was
arrested without incident.
He was transported to the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center
and was booked with communicating false information of planned
arson and terrorizing, the office said.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it plans to investigate
the incident, which occurred aboard a United Airlines flight.
United Airlines said in a statement that the airplane landed
safely “following a disruptive incident involving a passenger
onboard” and that law enforcement “met the aircraft upon
arrival.”
The airplane was a Boeing 737 Max 9 carrying 46 passengers and
six crewmembers.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office did not provide any
additional information.
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Kelety reported from Phoenix. Associated Press writer Josh Funk
in Omaha, Nebraska, contributed.
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