SIMPLE FLYING · AIRLINES
UNITED CREW SPOTS PASSENGER “TEXTING HE WAS GOING TO HIJACK” PLANE, COCKPIT LOCKED DOWN...
A security concern on a routine United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to New York prompted the aircraft to return to Vegas shortly after takeoff after a flight attendant reportedly spotted a passenger texting about hijacking the plane.
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