Passenger arrested after bomb threat on United flight

United Flight 2174 landed safely in New Orleans after a passenger allegedly threatened to detonate a bomb and caused a security alert, and Jefferson Parish authorities arrested him after the plane arrived. No injuries were reported.

United said the flight from Newark, New Jersey, to New Orleans landed safely after a disruptive passenger incident and that law enforcement met the aircraft on arrival. The Boeing 737 MAX 9 carried 46 passengers and six crew members, according to multiple reports. The aircraft landed at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport late on November 9.

Jefferson Parish authorities identified the arrested passenger as 34-year-old Rony Gomez Alberto. The sheriff’s office said he was charged with communicating false information of planned arson and terrorizing. He was taken into custody after landing and was held at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center, according to reports citing local authorities.

Reports of an attempted cockpit breach and the crew’s use of an aviation hijacking alert circulated after the incident. A code of 7500 is used to signal unlawful interference aboard an aircraft. Some accounts of the cockpit alert relied on aviation...