Man Arrested After Bomb Threat on United Flight 2174 Carrying 52 People
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Updated · FOX 8 Local First · Nov 11
Man Arrested After Bomb Threat on United Flight 2174 Carrying 52 People
3 articles · Updated · FOX 8 Local First · Nov 11
Summary
Jefferson Parish deputies arrested 34-year-old Rony Gomez-Alberto after United Flight 2174 landed in New Orleans and he allegedly told crew members he had a bomb on board.
Flight 2174, arriving from Newark with 46 passengers and six crew members, landed safely at Louis Armstrong International Airport, where passengers were deplaned and taken to the terminal.
Gomez-Alberto was taken into custody without incident and booked at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center on charges of communicating false information of planned arson and terrorizing.
A later related report said Gomez-Alberto also allegedly tried to enter the cockpit and that DHS identified him as a Honduran national with an ICE detainer.
How did a passenger with multiple deportations clear TSA screening to board a commercial flight before triggering a hijack alert?
Does this mid-air bomb threat expose hidden vulnerabilities in the communication between federal immigration enforcement and aviation security agencies?
Will recent ICE policy changes restricting detainee location data complicate the legal proceedings for this high-profile flight disruption case?