by: Joshua Peguero

Posted: Oct 26, 2026 / 04:12 PM PDT

Updated: Oct 26, 2026 / 04:59 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A flight bound for Newark, New Jersey, from Las Vegas turned around about 10 minutes after takeoff Saturday night, according to flight data.

The Las Vegas Metro Police Department announced on Monday that officers arrested Dante Milne, 25, of Clifton, New Jersey, a passenger on the plane. Milne bailed out of the Clark County Detention Center on Sunday.

Milne was arrested at Harry Reid International Airport on a charge of making a threat/false information re act of terrorism. Air traffic control calls 8 News Now obtained reveal it was due to a possible terror threat.

“Oh, and the passenger does not know anything is going on. The flight attendant saw him texting that he was going to hijack the aircraft,” a pilot was heard saying to Harry Reid International air traffic control.

The airplane was reportedly carrying 157 passengers.

“We went to lockdown, and we returned to Vegas. So, no restraint.…