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An American Airlines flight en route to Chicago had to make an emergency stop in Detroit after a passenger allegedly issued a false bomb threat, according to authorities.
The incident occurred on flight 2819 when Jason Douglas Pazol, reportedly struggling with issues related to his medication, alarmed fellow passengers and crew by exclaiming, “I will blow this f—— plane up,” as detailed by the Justice Department.
Court documents reveal that Pazol also declared, “I swear to God, I am going to do something terrible,” escalating the situation on board.
The aircraft, carrying 150 passengers and crew, had taken off from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport before being swiftly rerouted to Detroit Metro Airport due to the threat.
The flight was packed with 150 passengers and crew when it departed from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and was quickly diverted to the Detroit Metro Airport.
Everyone was removed from the aircraft, and it was taken to an isolated area and checked for explosives. None were found and the passengers and crew were re-screened.
A federal complaint said that Pazol said he made the threat because he wanted to prevent “an outburst. He felt that the passengers on the flight were not safe around him, so he made the threat to force the aircraft to land.”
No one was injured.
“I know why people say stuff like that,” Pazol later admitted to authorities, federal prosecutors said. “I know why people say, ‘Get this f—— plane on the ground,’ and ‘Blow it up,’ because that’s what people do to get planes landed. Not because I want the plane landed, but because I am f—— sick.”
The flight was forced to land in Detroit. (Jim West/Getty Images)
Pazol is charged with conveying false or misleading information.
After authorities determined he was unarmed, Pazol was taken to a hospital for an evaluation, court documents show.
Fox News Digital has reached out to American Airlines.
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