Passengers later told police that before the flight departed from Los Angeles, the man had asked another passenger where the emergency exit handle was.
Moments of fear on a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston. One passenger first on board tries to open the emergency exit door Mid-flight, then when he stopped, he picked up a broken spoon and He stabbed a flight attendant in the neckinjured him before being stopped by other staff and passengers.
The episode on Sunday evening three quarters of an hour before landing United Airlines flight in Boston when chaos broke out on board. After being stopped, the man identified as Francisco Severo Torres, a 33-year-old from Massachusetts, was tied up and held. Upon arrival, the attacker was eventually taken into police custody and arrested.
According to a statement from US Attorney Rachael Rollins, the alarm was triggered when reports arrived in the cockpit that an escape hatch had been tampered with. “During the inspection, a flight attendant found that the Door lock handle has been moved from the fully closed position to the unlocked position and that the emergency slide activation lever was moved,” the investigators explain.
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After speaking to passengers nearby, the flight attendant asked the man for an explanation, who responded aggressively. So the request went to the captain to land the plane as soon as possible since Torres posed a threat to the plane. At this point, the passenger reached the assistant and attacked him, striking him in the neck with a sharp metal object. a spoon with the end broken off. At that point, “passengers attacked Torres, who was being held with the help of the flight crew,” a Boston police detective said.
Passengers later told police that before the flight departed from Los Angeles, Torres had asked another passenger where the emergency exit handle was located. When questioned, the man said he hit the assistant because he thought he was going to kill him.
“Thanks to the quick action of our crew and customers, a passenger has been arrested after becoming a safety concern on United Flight 2609 from Los Angeles to Boston,” the airline said in a statement. there were no serious injuriesThe.