New security audio reveals the tense moments when emergency personnel responded to an incoming plane on the tarmac where an illegal immigrant allegedly threatened to hijack the plane and said he "had a bomb" in his backpack.
The flight, United Airlines 2174, was heading to New Orleans from Newark, New Jersey, Monday evening, when pilots sounded the alarm. Suspect Rony Gomez-Alberto, 34, of Honduras, is currently in jail following his arrest.
The Department of Homeland Security previously confirmed to Fox News the suspect was deported from the U.S. twice before he – again – illegally entered the country by way of California. He was released by a judge in 2020.
No one was hurt in Monday's incident. The audio obtained by charges of terrorizing, communicating false information of planned arson and fugitive from justice.