JetBlue passenger suddenly opens exit door as flight is taxiing for takeoff at Boston airport
BOSTON (AP) — A person on board a plane at Boston Logan International Airport that was taxiing for takeoff suddenly opened an exit door and was quickly restrained by other passengers, authorities said.
The JetBlue passenger was expected to face charges and be arraigned Wednesday, Massachusetts State Police spokesperson Tim McGuirk said in a statement Tuesday night. The passenger’s name was not released.
The door was opened about 7:30 p.m. “suddenly and without warning,” McGuirk said.
The opening of the overwing exit door caused an emergency slide to deploy aboard JetBlue flight 161 from Boston to San Juan, the airline said in a statement.
“The flight was eventually swapped to another aircraft and has since landed in San Juan. We greatly appreciate our customers’ understanding as we worked to address this situation, ” the airline said.
More Stories
Bank lending to small businesses falls £27bn in three years
Outstanding high street bank lending to small and medium-sized businesses across Great Britain fell by £26.8bn, or 30 per cent,...
Refugee entrepreneurs could add £2bn to UK economy, Cedar Review finds
Refugee entrepreneurs could boost the UK economy by an estimated £2bn if barriers to entrepreneurship were tackled and more tailored...
Xapien raises $56m from Spectrum Equity to build out US presence
Xapien, the AI due diligence platform, has raised $56m in a growth investment round led by Spectrum Equity, the company...
Britain exports lawyers, bankers and degrees. Why not doctors?
Now try the same sentence with a different noun. The UK will grow its healthcare exports to £40 billion a year...
OriginalVoices raises £1m pre-seed round led by Iona Star
OriginalVoices, a platform that supplies real-time human opinion data to AI tools and agents, has closed a £1m pre-seed round...
State pension set to rise by £488 to £13,036.40 next April
The full new state pension is likely to rise by £488 next April to £13,036.40 a year, after figures published...
