# Twice-deported illegal immigrant accused of trying to storm United cockpit, threatening bomb: DHS

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/twice-deported-illegal-immigrant-accused-of-trying-to-storm-united-cockpit-threatening-bomb-dhs/
- Published: 2026-11-11T04:43:15+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/twice-deported-illegal-immigrant-accused-trying-storm-united-cockpit-threatening-bomb-dhs
- Topics: Culture, Travel, World

## Key points

- DHS says the suspect had been deported twice before.
- ICE lodged a detainer after his arrest.
- The flight landed safely with 46 passengers and six crew.

## Summary

Newly confirmed details say the suspect had been deported from the United States twice before the alleged onboard disturbance, and that Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer after his arrest. He is accused of trying to enter the cockpit of a United Airlines flight and claiming he had a bomb; the aircraft landed safely in New Orleans.

DHS said Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, a Honduran national, was apprehended near the US border in 2011 and 2014 and removed both times. Border Patrol arrested him again in 2019, and ICE released him in January 2020 after an immigration judge ordered his release pending removal proceedings. Local reporting said he was booked on charges including communicating false information about planned arson and terrorising; DHS also listed bomb threat, terroristic threat and disorderly conduct. The Boeing 737 MAX 9 carried 46 passengers and six crew members.

## Coverage

- [Fox News: Twice-deported illegal immigrant accused of trying to storm United cockpit, threatening bomb: DHS](https://www.foxnews.com/us/twice-deported-illegal-immigrant-accused-trying-storm-united-cockpit-threatening-bomb-dhs)
- [Daily Mail: Illegal migrant arrested for threatening to bomb United Airlines flight to New Orleans before rushing cockpit](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16283325/illegal-migrant-bomb-united-airlines-new-orleans.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)

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