A man who tried to open the cabin door and then attacked the stewardess in 2023 with a metal spoon broken on a passenger jet agreed to a deal that included release.
Francisco Severo Torres, 34, agreed to plead guilty, violating or threatening flight crew members after the incident occurred after United Airlines flew to Los Angeles to Boston, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The agreement filed Monday in Boston federal court includes release time, 60 months of supervision after release, compliance with mental health treatment, and fines and forfeiture.
The allegation was sentenced to the cell to the greatest extent possible.
The court ordered the release of Torres to his mother, who lives in Lemingster, about 50 miles east of his hometown of Boston. It also ordered Torres to appear on July 17 for a formal verdict, according to the filing of the conditions of release.
Prosecutors said Torres tried to open the plane's door about 45 minutes before landing.
The U.S. attorney's office in Massachusetts said in a statement Tuesday that the responding flight attendant stood at the door and when Torres approached again he said he would "kill everyone on the plane" and said he was "take over" the plane.
The office quoted a mobile video of the incident.
Torres then tried to break a stewardess on his neck with a spoon, the office said. No injuries.
The office said passengers and pilots conquered the man and sent the man to authorities when the plane landed on the Logan International Team in Boston, they detained him.
The FBI attributed its agents and the Massachusetts Police Department to the end of the case Tuesday.
"We have zero tolerance for any type of violence on the flight and the customer will be banned from flying at Manchester United, pending investigation," United Airlines said in a statement the next day.
The case includes a motion to order a psychiatric assessment, but it is not clear whether the order has been implemented. Torres's court history includes unsuccessful lawsuits against the hospital for alleged refusal to serve almond milk despite a vegan diet. It was fired.
Torres' release conditions also include not traveling outside the state, as filed by the federal court “no air travel, no train.”