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Home » United Airlines » Man Sentenced To Federal Prison After Poor Behavior On United Flight
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Man Sentenced To Federal Prison After Poor Behavior On United Flight

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 3, 2022November 14, 2023 22 Comments

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UPDATE: Luis Antonio Victoria Dominguez has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for his conduct onboard, UA5365, which included:

  • attempting to breach the locked cockpit
  • assaulting a flight attendant
  • opening the exit door, causing an emergency slide to partially deploy
  • jumping out of the aircraft

When Dominguez jumped out, he missed the slide, breaking his right leg on the tarmac. He was quickly apprehended. The pilot was forced to immediately turn off the engines to avoid the slide being sucked in.

Dominguez was also ordered to pay $20,132 in restitution.

The original article appears below.


After attempting to break into the cockpit then opening an exit door on a United Express flight, a 33-year-old man now faces up to 20 years in prison.

Poor Behavior On United Airlines Flight May Lead To Lengthy Prison Sentence

Luis Antonio Victoria Dominguez was flying United Express on flight UA5365 from Los Angeles (LAX) to Salt Lake City (SLC). Shortly after pushback, he reportedly rushed to the front of the aircraft and tried to strong-arm his way into the flight deck.

The Mexican national brushed past a seated flight attendant and began banging on the door then attempting to turn the doorknob When that didn’t work, he turned toward an emergency exit door.

Another passenger intervened, but Dominguez wiggled away from him as well, managed to open the door, then jumped out. Although the emergency slide did inflate and delay, Dominguez missed it and fell hard on the tarmac pavement below, breaking his leg.

But even with a broken leg, he attempted to crawl away, though he was quickly apprehended and transported to an area hospital. His injuries required surgery.

While initial hijacking charges were dropped, Dominguez faces up to 20 years in prison for interference with flight crew members.

His motive for the outburst is not clear. Bars have re-opened and resumed service at LAX, but the initial report does not link Dominguez’s behavior to alcohol or drug intoxication.

CONCLUSION

You have to wonder what was going through his mind when he decided to get up and rush the cockpit door. Did he think he was strong enough to break it down? Did he think that by replying the slide and jumping out he would evade arrest? Incidents like this suggest that even when the mask mandate is over, we will still have instances of passenger misbehavior onboard, just as we have had for decades.

(H/T: Paddle Your Own Kanoo // image: Andrew E. Cohen)

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22 Comments

  1. Batchcaloupe Reply
    June 30, 2021 at 12:46 pm

    I saw on another report he had “ bought and smoked a lot of meth that day”. I guess it really isn’t his fault then.

    Broke his leg?? Required surgery? Who is going to foot THAT bill?? Yeah I know stupid question.

    They should have treated him like a horse and shot him!!!

  2. Christian Reply
    June 30, 2021 at 2:36 pm

    If his blood comes out clean of drugs, a psychological evaluation might help. This doesn’t sound like drunken shenanigans or even someone being rude but someone with serious issues. Jumping out of a plane and trying to crawl away with a broken leg is not something a sane person would do for kicks.

  3. Lukas Reply
    June 30, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    emergency slide did inflate and delay…
    Did he think that by replying the slide…

    The word deploy must be missing from your spell check, lol

  4. Dan Reply
    June 30, 2021 at 8:31 pm

    What is the date of this incident? Would be helpful for context, was is during or before Covid?

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      July 1, 2021 at 4:42 pm

      This was only a week ago. Last Saturday, June 26, 2021.

  5. Barbara Rieckhoff Reply
    July 1, 2021 at 12:53 pm

    “Bad” behavior??! How about “demented”?

  6. BR Reply
    July 1, 2021 at 12:54 pm

    “Bad” behavior??! How about “demented”?

  7. Right-This-Way Reply
    July 1, 2021 at 1:58 pm

    Just do it. Do it instead of talking about/ threatening high fines/ prison. Yes, do it instead of just keep saying for years that it needs to be done. I’ll believe it when it actually happens.

  8. emercycrite Reply
    July 2, 2021 at 9:31 am

    Lock him up.

  9. SadStateofOurCountry Reply
    February 3, 2022 at 8:23 am

    There you go, he had to be hispanic or black.

    In the meantime, “poor behavior” by white people in the capitol over a year ago hasn’t really resulted in much punishment, certainly .

    Yes, lock him up, perhaps in the same cell with tRump.

    • Motor1 Reply
      February 10, 2022 at 4:00 pm

      Over 170 criminally charged and climbing as a result of the January 6 attack on the Capital.

  10. RJB Reply
    February 3, 2022 at 9:51 am

    He should have just burned a CVS or looted a Target. Instead he would have been praised instead of jailed. No restitution required.

    • Ken Reply
      February 4, 2022 at 2:31 am

      Such a lazy, unoriginal comment.

      • Ely Tandeter Reply
        February 4, 2022 at 2:54 am

        Agree!

    • Matt Reply
      February 4, 2022 at 1:45 pm

      Love when people say this dumb looting comment. Both are bad, anyone looting should be prosecuted. But it’s especially wild to me how some people use looting a target as equally bad as a violent mob overrunning the capitol building of the united states in an attempt to stop/overthrow the certifying of the presidential election (and possibly hurt/kill members of congress, based on some of the gear that some of those crazies brought in there that day). Yikes

      • Ray Reply
        February 10, 2022 at 10:29 pm

        There is no brain so can’t refer to them as people. Many of the above posts qualify. You have developed quite a following of the racist morons running around. Nice slice of American “culture”.

  11. Jared Houser Reply
    February 3, 2022 at 1:55 pm

    Matthew have you heard anything about what the future holds for the 767-400ER? Two planes are being painted right now, so would assume they’re planning on keeping them around for a while, wouldn’t that mean they should be retrofitted with Polaris?

  12. Hadassah Reply
    February 3, 2022 at 7:10 pm

    “Interference w flight crew members” is something passengers do all the time, as the, all too frequent, reports offered by this email demonstrate. However it’s never listed as such when Anglo passengers are involved. I hope he can ask his LDS Bishop to pay his lawyer & medical bills.

  13. Ely Tandeter Reply
    February 4, 2022 at 3:04 am

    I am a physician. Behavior suggests an hallucination (preexisting mental illness or drug induced, no mater, he is not mentally competent ). Police routinely mishandle medical issues (locking up diabetics in hypoglycemia for “drunken behavior”, shooting mental patients during a psychotic crisis, etc.). And as shown by some comments in this page, there is probably some underlying racism at play as well. Sad.

  14. DFWSteve Reply
    February 4, 2022 at 5:59 pm

    Give the poor Mexican a break! After his upcoming pardon, maybe Biden will choose him for a cabinet position. Perhaps in Transportation Department as Buttgag’s assistant? Would fit perfectly in this administration’s current diversity campaign.

  15. Rog Reply
    February 11, 2022 at 11:30 am

    Rog
    I think DFWSteve should be punished for being completly stupid and put in the same jail cell as Dominquez. Seems Stevie is bothered by the man being Mexican.

  16. PK the DJ Reply
    February 11, 2022 at 12:43 pm

    Excellent – they need to hand out more prison time for all these fool idiots causing all the problems on airplanes instead of slaps on the wrist.

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