Man Accused of Trying to Open Jet’s Door, Attacking Crew

Man Accused of Trying to Open Jet’s Door, Attacking Crew
The logo for United Airlines is shown during a news conference in New York on May 3, 2010. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BOSTON—A Massachusetts man tried to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Boston and then tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon, federal prosecutors alleged Monday.

Francisco Severo Torres, 33, of Leominster, was tackled and restrained with the aid of passengers and arrested Sunday at Boston Logan International Airport when United Airlines Flight 2609 landed, the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston said in a statement.