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Passenger Brian Plummer told
The New York Times that before they exited the plane, the pair had changed seats several times on a flight that wasn t full. The man finally stood up and ignored a flight attendant’s order to take a seat for takeoff, telling the attendant that he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, Plummer added. “If I sit down, I’ll freak out,” the man said, according to Plummer. The aircraft was forced to return to the gate where the remaining customers got off and were later put on alternate flights. The incident recalled the 2010 case of Steven Slater, a JetBlue flight attendant who activated a chute during a tantrum on a plane landing at Kennedy Airport. He went on the public address system, swore at a passenger who he claimed treated him rudely, grabbed a beer and slid down onto the tarmac.
It s not every day you see a plane emergency
slide in use. It s even less likely you ll see two passengers use it to slide out of a plane with their dog before the flight takes off.
But on Monday, that happened at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. During flight 462’s taxi-out at LaGuardia on Dec. 21, a party of two (people) opened a cabin door and exited the aircraft via the slide, Morgan Durrant, spokesperson for Delta Air Lines, told USA TODAY.
The passengers, Antonio Murdock, 31, and Brianna Greco, 23, both residents of Florida, also had a service dog with them, Lenis Valens, spokesperson for Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees the airport, told USA TODAY.
A plane preparing for takeoff was halted in New York after a Florida couple with their pet dog fled via an emergency slide, authorities say.
The incident took place on board an Atlanta-bound Delta flight as it was taxiing towards the runway at LaGuardia Airport.
Witnesses reported seeing an agitated-looking male passenger force open the front cabin door and jump out using the emergency chute.
He was quickly followed by his female companion who carried the Great Dane puppy.
Fellow flyer Brian Plummer said the pair, named by the airline as Antonio Murdock and Brianna Greco, had moved seats several times on the plane which was not full.