A man who reportedly made a bomb threat on a flight bound for New Orleans and tried to storm the cockpit was reportedly deported twice from the U.S. Authorities said the incident happened Tuesday on a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, to New Orleans.

The Department of Homeland Security identified the suspect as 34-year-old Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, according to Fox News Digital.

What we know: According to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, the suspect started acting irrationally late in the evening during the flight and reportedly told crew members that he had a bomb.