{"id":137283,"date":"2023-03-06T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=137283"},"modified":"2023-03-07T22:16:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T22:16:23","slug":"united-airlines-passenger-tried-to-stab-flight-attendant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/03\/united-airlines-passenger-tried-to-stab-flight-attendant.html","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines passenger tried to stab flight attendant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <strong>United Airlines <\/strong>passenger has been arrested after trying to open an emergency exit door during a flight on Sunday from Los Angeles to Boston and then trying to stab a flight attendant in the neck, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passengers tackled Francisco Severo Torres, 33, after the attempted stabbing and the flight crew helped restrain him prior the plane landing at Boston Logan International Airport, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A judge ordered the Leominster, Massachusetts resident held without bail following an initial court appearance on Monday. Torres is set to have another hearing on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/02\/a-united-plane-lost-altitude-abruptly-and-came-within-775-feet-of-falling-into-the-ocean.html\">A United plane lost altitude abruptly and came within 775 feet of falling into the ocean<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecutors said that about 45 minutes before the flight landed in Boston, the flight crew received an alarm in the cockpit that a door between the first class and coach sections had been disarmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After another flight attendant reported seeing Torres near the door and his suspicions that Torres tampered with it, a colleague confronted the man, who asked if any cameras recorded him doing so, prosecutors said. Torres soon after tried to stab of the flight attendants with a broken metal spoon, hitting him on the neck area three times before Torres was tackled, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have zero tolerance for any type of violence on our flights, and this customer will be banned from flying on United pending an investigation,\u201d United Airlines said in a statement. \u201cWe are cooperating with law enforcement in their investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Torres was charged with one count of interference and attempted interference with flight crew members and attendants using a dangerous weapon. 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