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Antonio Murdock, 31, and Brianna Greco, 23, both from Florida, were arrested after he opened a cabin door and activated the slide
Incident took place on Delta Flight 462 from La Guardia Airport in New York to Atlanta Monday morning
Murdock ignored the flight attendant s instruction to stay seated and said he suffered from PTSD, a witness said
Murdock allegedly forced open a cabin door and activated the emergency slide
The couple and their service dog Rain went down the slide and escaped
Murdock told cops his PTSD stems from a jail stint on robbery charges and was triggered by the confined space in the airplane cabin, a source said
Antonio Murdock, 31, was arraigned in Queens County court Tuesday
He was charged with criminal mischief in the second degree, reckless endangerment in the second degree and criminal trespass in the third degree
His companion Brianna Greco, 23, was charged with criminal trespass
They were pictured leaving court arm in arm after his arraignment hours after he was led in handcuffed by Port Authority police officers
Murdock and Greco, both from Florida, were arrested after he opened a cabin door and activated the slide on Delta Flight 462 to Atlanta Monday morning
The incident took place on tarmac at La Guardia Airport in New York
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Two passengers aboard a Delta flight on Monday forced opened the cabin door and exited the plane via an emergency slide at New York s LaGuardia Airport, officials said.
The passengers an unidentified man, and woman were on Flight 462, which was bound for Atlanta when they exited the plane as it was taxiing, a Delta spokesperson said, according to reports.
They are also believed to have taken a service dog with them down the slide.
Delta Airlines didn t immediately respond to Fox News late-night request for comment.
December 22, 2020
NEW YORK Brian Plummer was sitting toward the back of a Delta Air Lines flight readying to depart LaGuardia Airport on Monday when, he said, he noticed a man and a woman with a large service dog nearby.
The Atlanta-bound plane was not completely full, Plummer said, and the couple changed seats several times.
The man and woman never did settle in, and as Flight 462 began to taxi out to a runway, the man stood up, ignoring a flight attendant’s order to sit, saying that he had post-traumatic stress disorder, Plummer said.
A short time later, Plummer said, he felt the plane shudder to a stop. It was not immediately clear to him why, but the flight crew eventually told the passengers what had happened.
Couple slide out of moving plane with their dog at La Guardia airport
The man, identified as Antonio Murdock, 31, informed the Port Authority cops that he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder which was triggered on the flight. Updated: December 22, 2020 7:07:35 pm
A short while later, the flight was brought to a sudden halt and it was only later that the passengers were informed about the incident. (Source: Pixabay.com)
In a bizarre incident, two passengers and their dog used the emergency slide to slip out of a plane while it was taxiing out to a runway at New York’s La Guardia Airport. The incident held up the Delta flight bound for Atlanta for hours. The couple 31-year-old Antonio Murdock and his companion Brianna Greco were arrested in the incident.