Man arrested after reporting a bomb threat aboard a mid-air flight

A 20-year-old man has been arrested after claiming there was a bomb aboard a mid-air United flight from San Diego. 

Cameron Elvan Korth, 20, a landscaper from the Salt Lake City area faces a single charge of "maliciously conveying false information" after boarding United flight 231 at Lindbergh Field destined for Denver Monday night where he left a note in the plane's restroom that read "THERE IS BOMBS ON 231 DO NOT ATTEMPT TO LAND." 

Initially filed under seal, charges were finally released and obtained by our sister station KMGH-TV in Denver on Wednesday. According to a criminal complaint, Korth originally provided the FBI with a written statement that read: "I won't say I wrote the threat, but I won't say I didn't."

After an agent pointed out the similarities in handwriting between the bomb threat and the written statement, Korth admitted he wrote the threat in his seat, took it to the lavatory and left it in the toilet seat cover dispenser. Later, he pointed the note out to flight staff.

Also during the FBI interview, Korth stated he had an extensive criminal history stemming from his relationship and drug use with a stripper. 

When asked why he wrote the bomb threat, Korth said he was trying to get help for his problems.