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Security audio details response to alleged hijack threat on United flight
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Newly released security audio captures emergency personnel coordinating as a suspect was held at the rear of a United Airlines aircraft after an alleged hijack threat. Responders discussed entering through the rear, keeping passengers together near their vehicles and ensuring the pilots stayed in the locked cockpit; no one was hurt.
The flight, United Airlines 2174, was travelling from Newark to New Orleans on Monday evening when the pilots raised the alarm. Rony Gomez-Alberto, 34, was arrested by Jefferson Parish sheriff’s deputies and is held without bond on charges including terrorising and communicating false information about planned arson. US officials said he had been deported twice, later re-entered the country illegally and was released by a judge in 2020.
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In short
- New audio reveals the security response to an alleged hijack threat.
- Responders said the aircraft’s rear door had been breached.
- No one was injured, and the suspect is held without bond.
How this story developed
- 1 hour ago Newly released radio audio reveals responders discussing how to enter the aircraft, keep passengers together and ensure the pilots remained in the locked cockpit while Gomez-Alberto was held at the rear.
- 2 hours ago United Airlines flight 2174, travelling from Newark to New Orleans on Monday evening, diverted into an emergency security response after a reported hijack threat; no one was injured, and suspect Rony Gomez-Alberto was arrested and held without bond.
Explained simply
A hijacking threat is a claim that someone intends to take control of an aircraft by force. In the United States, pilots can alert authorities while keeping the cockpit locked, and police and airport emergency teams may be called to meet the plane.
United Airlines is a US-based airline, and its flights carry passengers between cities across the country. Jefferson Parish, where deputies arrested the suspect, is in Louisiana, near New Orleans. The charges concern alleged threats; an arrest does not establish guilt.
Reports about the suspect’s immigration history involve federal authorities and a judge, while the arrest and charges are being handled locally. The case matters because threats involving aircraft prompt a coordinated response to protect passengers and crew, even when nobody is injured.
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Originally published by Fox News as “Illegal immigrant’s alleged plane hijack scare fuels tense security scramble after door was ‘breached’: audio”.