Moments of fear on a Delta Airlines flight departing from the US airport of Los Angeles.
According to what was reported by the police to the US media, a passenger actually opened one of the doors of the plane which was preparing for take-off and went down the runway with the emergency slide .
The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was then arrested.
From an initial reconstruction of how the events unfolded, the passenger, after boarding, when the plane was now preparing to leave the ground, ran towards a flight attendant and asked: "What do I do now?" . But when he was told to return to his seat he ran away and opened the hatch before anyone could stop him, thus activating the aircraft's emergency slide.
The pilots, realizing what was happening, immediately stopped the plane. In the meantime, the man climbed onto the back of a baggage cart trying to escape, but was blocked by Delta personnel, who handed him over to the police.
At the moment, the reasons behind the crazy act are unknown.
(Unioneonline/lf)
