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A New Jersey man accused of sending a text threatening to hijack a United Airlines flight over the weekend told investigators he had been drinking and described the message as poorly worded banter with a coworker, according to an arrest report.

Dante Milne, 25, allegedly sent the threatening message Saturday while aboard United Airlines Flight 1681, a Boeing 737 carrying 150 passengers and six crew members from Las Vegas to Newark, New Jersey.

"I’m gonna hijack this b---- and crash ur row only," Milne allegedly wrote, according to an arrest report cited by FOX5 Vegas .

AIRPORT SUSPECT PACKED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE FOR FLIGHT, CAUGHT WITH CRYPTIC MESSAGE ON PHONE: FEDS

United Airlines planes at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J, Nov. 3, 2025.…