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Man held after claiming bomb and trying to enter cockpit on United flight
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United flight 2174, travelling from Newark to New Orleans, transmitted a hijack alert using squawk code 7500, a signal indicating an unauthorised intervention like a cockpit breach. A 34-year-old male reportedly informed the crew that he possessed a bomb in his backpack, according to officers from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
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