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A passenger participating in a Tai Chi competition is behind bars after his antics caused a United Airlines flight to make an emergency landing at the Omaha airport on Sunday.
According to reports, 25-year-old Jordan Robert Langston was ordered by a judge to be held in jail pending trial due to concerns about his mental health and possible substance abuse issues. Lincoln Magazine Star.
According to case documents, Langston is accused of walking to the front of the plane mid-flight and announcing to other passengers: “This is a simulation.”
The flight departed Washington, D.C., earlier in the day and headed to Salt Lake City.
Langston repeated his statement and told the crew “this flight” was a simulation. During the incident, he stepped on a waiter’s foot and pushed another person.
Another flight attendant warned him that if his behavior continued the flight would return to the capital. Langston then reiterated his “simulation” statement, authorities said.
FBI Special Agent Patrick Manion wrote in the complaint that the captain initiated a Level 2 security threat but planned to continue to Utah.
However, 30 minutes later, the suspect stood up from his seat again, this time to the “obscura” in the aisle. Manion said he hit a crew member in the face.
Passengers then arrested Manion and forced him to the back of the plane, where he was restrained with plastic handcuffs. Manion added as he continued to rant about death. The captain decided to divert the flight to Omaha, where it landed shortly after.
Ranson was removed from the plane, which then continued to Salt Lake City.
It’s been a challenging year for United Airlines and its passengers.
In January, a United Airlines passenger claimed Reddit post goes viral They are told to give up their seat to a service dog.
The passenger wrote that the “huge” dog was “too big to fit on the floor.” When the passenger asked the flight attendant about the animal on the seat, the flight attendant allegedly shrugged.
In August, a United Airlines flight was delayed for four hours because of a passenger Accused of smoking marijuana On a flight from San Francisco to Cancun.
In October, a passenger on a flight from Washington, D.C., to Rome His laptop was lost on the plane.
The airline said the laptop opened and “fell behind the cabin wall and through a small gap leading to the cargo hold” and became inaccessible. The device’s lithium-ion battery presents a safety risk.
Earlier this month, a TikTok user captured a photo of a United Airlines passenger A foul-mouthed breakdown.
this viral The incident occurred on the tarmac Newark Liberty International Airport According to a TikTok video from November 10, the passengers were eventually taken off the plane.
“This woman went completely crazy and we had to go back to the gate to take her away,” the passenger who filmed the video wrote in the caption.