{
  "id": 17007603,
  "title": "'I'm Gonna Hijack This Plane': United Airlines Flight Bound For Newark Diverted To Las Vegas After Passenger's Threatening Text",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/im-gonna-hijack-this-plane-united-airlines-flight-bound-for-newark",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T03:14:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/im-gonna-hijack-this-plane-united-airlines-flight-bound-for-newark-diverted-to-las-vegas-after-passengers-threatening-text"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Las Vegas: A passenger arrested for texting that he was going to “hijack” the plane he was on told officers the message was banter with a co-worker and denied intending to harm anyone, according to a police report. A United flight from Las Vegas to Newark turned around midair. This happened on October 24 after a flight attendant saw a passenger texting about hijacking the plane. The aircraft…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}