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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

United flight cockpit-rush suspect had been deported twice and was released pending removal decision

The suspect accused of rushing the cockpit door on a United Airlines flight from New York to New Orleans was identified as a Honduran national previously deported twice. He had been detained for a third time and released by an immigration judge while a decision on his removal was pending.

2026-11-11T10:28:06.109233-08:00