EXCLUSIVE: A Honduran illegal alien accused of attempting to enter the cockpit of a United Airlines flight after allegedly claiming to have a bomb had previously been deported from the United States twice, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Fox News.Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto was arrested by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office after United Airlines Flight 2174 landed at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport following a frightening midair disturbance Monday night.The suspect allegedly claimed to have a bomb during the flight, prompting the pilots to issue a reported hijacking alert, according to the Daily Mail.DHS separately confirmed that Gomez-Alberto was accused of attempting to enter the cockpit.MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO HIJACK UNITED FLIGHT SAYS IT WAS A DRUNKEN JOKERony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, a Honduran national DHS says was deported twice, was arrested following an alleged cockpit breach attempt aboard a United Airlines flight on Nov.
9, 2026.(Courtesy Department of Homeland Security)DHS confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer for Gomez-Alberto on Tuesday, Nov.
10, following his arrest."On November 10, 2026, ICE lodged a detainer for Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras, with Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office after he attempted to gain entry to the cockpit during a flight," a DHS spokesperson told Fox News.EXCLUSIVE: ICE CAPTURES ILLEGAL ALIEN AT CENTER OF NYC MANHUNT AFTER SANCTUARY CITY RELEASEA United Airlines aircraft in flight.United confirmed that Flight 2174 landed safely in New Orleans following a passenger disturbance on Nov.
9, 2026.(Anadolu via Getty Images)According to DHS, Gomez-Alberto was apprehended by Border Patrol after illegally entering the United States near El Indio, Texas, in September 2011 and again near Columbus, New Mexico, in October 2014.
He was removed from the country following both encounters.In 2019, Border Patrol arreste...