One passenger chatted about the airplane hijacking, could face several years in prison

A United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Newark was turned back due to a passenger's joke about hijacking. The flight attendant reported the incident after overhearing the passenger say he would crash the plane. The captain decided to return to Las Vegas, landing safely about an hour after takeoff. The passenger was arrested at the airport for making threats related to terrorism, facing potential imprisonment of one to twenty years.