A United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, landed safely in New Orleans on Monday night after a passenger reportedly told the crew he had a bomb. Jefferson Parish deputies arrested the 34-year-old man without incident after the plane arrived, the sheriff’s office told WVUE in New Orleans.
The sheriff’s office said the man was taken to the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center and booked on suspicion of communicating false information of planned arson and terrorizing. Authorities did not immediately identify him.
United confirmed to The Associated Press that law enforcement met the aircraft at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. The flight carried 46 passengers and six crew members, AP reported. The Federal Aviation Administration told AP it plans to investigate.