Man who jumped from a moving plane at LAX tells FBI he bought 'a lot' of crystal meth before the fli

[marmar]

June 29, 2021 at 5:47 a.m. EDT

As United Airlines Flight 5365 was readying to take off from Los Angeles International Airport on Friday evening, 33-year-old Luis Antonio Victoria Dominguez of La Paz, Mexico, leaned over to the woman sitting next to him and whispered that he was going to jump out, she said.

"I’m serious,” the woman remembered him telling her.

Victoria Dominguez then allegedly sprinted to the front of the plane and tried to enter the cockpit, banging on the door. When he was unsuccessful, he delivered on his promise: He opened an emergency exit door and leaped out of the plane, court documents state.

Now, Victoria Dominguez faces a 20-year maximum sentence in federal prison on the charge of interfering with the flight crew, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in the Central District of California, which filed a complaint detailing the incident Sunday. It was not immediately clear whether Victoria Dominguez had a lawyer to comment on his behalf. ......(more)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/29/los-angeles-airport-cockpit-breach/

[Haggard Celine]

1. That was confusing.

Never heard of a man named Victoria.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Maria is also commonly used in naming Hispanic males.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. His first name is "Luis"

It's possible the "Victoria Dominguez" would either be a hyphenated last name (Victoria-Dominguez) or would be in reference to/honor of is mother/mother's family, where the maternal surname tends to be the dominant one used in the culture.

In any case, that name is being used as a surname in the article...

[Haggard Celine]

6. It's a WaPo article, so I didn't get to read it.

I only saw the part of the article that was posted.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. I do have a WaPo sub but

The OP excerpt did include this at the beginning -

33-year-old Luis Antonio Victoria Dominguez

[Haggard Celine]

8. Keeping me on my toes this morning, aren't you!

[BumRushDaShow]

11. It's a 2 cuppa coffee morning

and I seriously need another myself!

[Bucky]

9. Thanks. His "family" name is Victoria

It's a Spanish word meaning "Victoria"

I also got that family name confused with the woman who is sitting next to Mr Victoria Dominguez on the plane.

Spanish to men's last names traditionally include the mother's family name, but that's very rarely passed down to a third generation. A century ago his mother would have her name changed at marriage to "Sra. Dominguez de Victoria" but not every family follows that tradition these days.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Right

I know there are other cultures that use the maternal line in the surname and I normally see it hyphenated (and as you note, vs what you reference using the old-style "of (family name) " using the "de" ), particularly if they also include the paternal line as part of the full surname.

I know some Hispanics even eschew use of the paternal surname altogether and just use the maternal surname as the family surname, which as expected, causes all sorts of nonsense from patriarchal societies insinuating any children using the mother's surname were born "out-of-wedlock".

[treestar]

12. me too - then I realized it is his last name

Spanish custom, you keep your mother's father's name for a generation, thus having two names to your last name. Luis is his first name, Victoria his father's father's name and Dominguez his mother's father's last name.

[Maxheader]

3. Methead antics...

Go for it bro..in a field away from people...

[brooklynite]

4. Don't you HATE it when you leave things behind at the security checkpoint?

[treestar]

13. A passenger can open the emergency exit door?

I guess they leave that so the passenger sitting in the bulkhead can do it in an emergency?

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Yes

I've sat in exit rows many times.
The attendant will actually come to those folks asking if they can handle the responsibility for that seat & if they understand the instructions for opening the door.