A JetBlue passenger delayed his fellow travellers after opening one of the plane’s emergency exit doors.
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The incident occurred while Flight 161 was preparing to take off from Boston Logan International Airport on Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
It added that the Airbus A320, heading to Puerto Rico, was on a taxiway when the passenger opened an emergency exit. This also caused the slide to deploy.
Fred Wynn, a passenger on the plane, told local CBS outlet WBZ-TV that he was sat just in front of the man and his girlfriend.
“Boyfriend and girlfriend were arguing behind in me,” Wynn said. “Boyfriend got mad, got up, walked down the centre aisle, grabbed the emergency door, ripped it off, completely off.”
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He added that the man was handcuffed by an FBI agent before state police boarded the plane and escorted him away.
In an audio recording archived by LiveATC.net, one of the pilots tells air traffic control a law enforcement officer subdued the passenger.