(NewsNation) — A United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to New Jersey on Saturday turned back shortly after takeoff when a flight attendant noticed a passenger sending a troubling text.

“The flight attendant saw him texting that he was going to hijack the aircraft,” a member of the United Flight 1681 cockpit crew can be heard saying in audio shared online at ATC.com. “They called me, we went into lockdown, and we returned to Vegas.”

Passenger arrested for making ‘terroristic’ threats on flight

The crew member added that the passenger wasn’t aware that the flight was returning to Vegas, so they didn’t need to restrain him. The flight was bound for Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey but returned to Harry Reid International Airport in Vegas.

After the flight landed, police confirmed that the 25-year-old passenger was arrested for making “terroristic” threats on the flight, NewsNation local affiliate KLAS reported. Police said he posted $10,000 bail and was released.…