LOS ANGELES—A man accused of trying to open an emergency exit door on a flight from Los Angeles to Boston, then allegedly trying to stab a flight attendant with a broken spoon handle, remained behind bars Monday in Massachusetts.
Francisco Severo Torres, 33, of Massachusetts, was arrested Sunday night when the United Airlines flight landed at Boston’s Logan International Airport, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said that about 45 minutes before the flight was scheduled to land, the flight crew received a cockpit alarm that a side door of the plane between the first class and coach sections had been tampered with. According to prosecutors, the door’s locking handle had been moved out of the fully locked position and about one-quarter of the way to the unlocked position….