Two passengers, along with their dog, used the emergency slide to slip out of a moving Delta Air Lines aeroplane at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. The passengers, Antonio Murdock and Brianna Greco were on a flight bound for Atlanta when they opened the aircraft’s cabin door activating the emergency slide, even as their plane was taxiing out of the runway on Monday morning.
Antonio Murdock informed the Port Authority Police that his post-traumatic stress disorder was triggered on the plane. The 31-year-old and his companion, 23-year-old Brianna Greco, were arrested after the incident.
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Brian Plummer, an eyewitness to the incident, informed the police that as Flight 462 began to move, Murdock ignored a flight attendant’s instructions to sit, and stood up saying that he had post-traumatic stress disorder. He said if he sits down, he will freak out, according to Plummer.
Plummer also added he and his companion had been changing seats several times while the plane was preparing to depart.
The plane, an Airbus A321, was taxiing at the time and returned to the gate, while other passengers were placed on alternative flights. Maintenance crews evaluated the plane, and it was scheduled to return to service.
Murdock and Greco were charged with criminal trespass, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct and obstructing governmental administration.