United Newark-to-New Orleans flight lands safely after bomb threat, cockpit breach attempt
The gist
A 34-year-old man told crew he had a bomb and tried to breach the cockpit on United flight 2174.
All 46 passengers landed safely; the man was charged and the jet squawked the hijack code.
How it unfolded
- Nov 9, 2026United flight 2174, a Boeing 737 MAX 9, departed Newark International Airport around 9:26 p.m. bound for New Orleans; pilots radioed an attempted breach of the cockpit and squawked the 7500 hijack code.
- Nov 9, 2026A 34-year-old man began acting irrationally around 11:20 p.m. and told crew members he had a bomb, deputies said.
- Nov 9, 2026The plane landed safely at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport at 11:07 p.m. local time with 46 passengers and six crew members; all passengers were taken to a terminal.
Key terms
- squawked
- To set a transponder to a specific code so air traffic control radar can identify the aircraft.
- ACARS
- A digital data link system for sending short messages between aircraft and ground stations by radio or satellite.
Source: Wikipedia