On October 24, a 25-year-old trainee welder was arrested after allegedly texting a hijacking threat aboard a United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Newark. A flight attendant saw the message and the plane returned to Las Vegas while the passenger slept. Milne has since been charged with making threats or conveying false information concerning an act of terrorism and released on bail. Coverage still treats the case as a joke that should not have turned the plane around, and the discussion has not moved past that framing.