A Mansfield man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Nebraska for allegedly interfering with the flight crew of a Southwest Airlines flight last month, prompting an emergency landing in Omaha.
Timothy Columbare, 37, is charged with interferring “ . . . with flight crew members and attendants on or about March 19,” the US Attorney’s office for Nebraska said in a press release Thursday.
Columbare could not be reached for comment Friday night. Southwest Airlines also could not be reached.
He was on a Southwest Airlines flight from St. Louis to Seattle. But the pilot was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Omaha, according to court records.
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Prosecutors did not provide details of the alleged interference. A spokesman for the US Attorney’s office declined Friday to comment.
A hearing is scheduled for May 16 in Omaha.
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. Andrew Stanton can be reached at andrew.stanton@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @_andrewstanton.