Man arrested after allegedly disarming an aircraft door on a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston
A man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly disarmed an aircraft door mid-flight and attempted to stab a flight attendant.
33-year-old Francisco Torres was traveling on a United Airlines service from Los Angeles to Boston when he became aggressive.
The flight was due to land in less than an hour when flight crew in the cockpit saw an alert saying a door had been tampered with.
When asked to investigate, a flight attendant discovered the door’s handle had been moved from the fully locked position and its emergency slide disarmed.
Cabin crew quickly suspected Torres had moved the handle as he had been seen loitering by the door shortly before the alert was made.
The captain was advised the passenger “posed a threat to the aircraft and the plane had to be landed as soon as possible”.
Thankfully the plane was able to land safely.
Torres has been banned from flying on United and the DoJ says the “interference provides for a sentence of up to life in prison, up to five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.” #trending #featured
