Passengers later told police that even before the flight took off from Los Angeles, the man had asked another traveler where the emergency exit door handle was located.
Moments of fear on a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston. One passenger on board first attempted to open the emergency exit door in the middle of the flight then when stopped he picked up a broken spoon and he stabbed a flight attendant in the neckinjuring him before being stopped by other employees and passengers.
The episode Sunday night three quarters of an hour before the landing of 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 US Attorney Rachael Rollins’ office in a statement, the alarm was triggered when reports arrived in the cockpit that an emergency hatch had been tampered with. “Upon inspection, a flight attendant found that the door lock handle had been moved from the fully closed position to the unlocked position and that the emergency slide activation lever had been moved,” the investigators explain.
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After speaking with the nearby passengers, the flight attendant asked the man for an explanation, who began to be aggressive in response. So the request went out to the captain to land the plane as soon as possible, as Torres posed a threat to the plane. At this point the passenger reached the assistant and attacked him by hitting him on the neck with a sharp metal object, a spoon with the broken end. At this point “The passengers tackled Torres who was held down with the assistance of the flight crew,” said a Boston Police detective.
Passengers later told police that even before the flight took off from Los Angeles, Torres had asked another traveler where the emergency exit door handle was located. When questioned, the man said he hit the assistant because he believed he wanted to kill him.
“Thanks to the swift action of our crew and customers, a passenger has been detained 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.
