A passenger on a flight from Washington Dulles to Salt Lake City had to be forcibly restrained by flight attendants and his fellow seatmates after declaring the flight was a “simulation,” leading to an emergency diversion to Omaha.
Jordan Robert Langston of Ogden, Utah, has been charged with interference with flight crew members following the December 28, 2025, incident, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment.
Passenger screams, “This is a simulation”
Langston was a passenger on United Airlines flight UA-2410 from Washington Dulles to Salt Lake City, which departed at around 6:15 pm last Saturday.
According to a criminal affidavit filed in a Nebraska district court by FBI investigators, shortly after the Boeing 737 took off from Dulles, Langston got up from his seat and approached a flight attendant at the front of the aircraft…