Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, DTW. (Photo credit should read DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)
FOX 2 - The man who allegedly made threats to blow up a flight that made an emergency landing in Detroit Sunday, has been charged.
Jason Douglas Pazol is facing a charge of false information and hoaxes, accused of threatening outbursts on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago on Sunday.
The flight, AA2819, had over 150 passengers aboard at the time, was canceled. It made an emergency landing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport and the plane was swept for explosives.
No devices or explosives were found, and passengers were re-screened by the TSA.
The federal criminal complaint says that Pazol admitted to threatening to blow up the plane, adding he was having problems with his medication.
"PAZOL said that he had ‘racing thoughts’ and had a breakdown on the plane," the complaint said. "PAZOL said that he made the threat because he wanted to prevent an outburst. He felt that the passengers on AA2819 were not safe around him, so he made the threat to force the aircraft to land."
A video of the incident was reviewed for the criminal complaint which shows a woman with him talking with flight personnel about his medication when Pazol began to yell.
"Don’t play games with me. If someone is outside by me and I know that you are there, I am paranoid right now. And I know I’m paranoid. So you better not be near me. Someone better be f-ing landing this plane right now." He said. "I will blow this f-ing plane up. And you heard it, you heard it everybody. You heard me say that, I want this plane on the ground."
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On video, Pazol later attempted to share revealed part of his motivation.
"I know why people say stuff like that," he said. "I know why people say ‘get this f-ing plane on the ground and blow it up because that’s what people do to get planes landed. Not because I want the plane landed, but because I am f-ing sick."
Aircraft personnel went into bomb threat protocol, although restraints were not needed for Pazol.
Read the full complaint below:
The Source: Information for this report is from US District Court and previous reporting.