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Flight diverted after 'unruly passenger' attempts to open exit door mid-flight: Witnesses [View all]
https://abcnews.go.com/US/flight-diverted-unruly-passenger-attempts-open-exit-door/story?id=69397245
The passenger was removed from the aircraft but released without charges.
By Enjoli Francis, Mina Kaji and Amanda Maile
March 4, 2020, 7:39 PM
An American Airlines flight bound for Dallas from Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger tried to open the emergency exit door in the middle of the journey.
American Airlines Flight 2300 left O'Hare International Airport Tuesday and was less than 45 minutes into its flight to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when the plane had to be diverted to St. Louis, Missouri, because of the unidentified "unruly passenger," the airline said in a statement Wednesday.
"He started coming at the door," passenger Jonathan Cowan told ABC News. "He just had these big, black gazing eyes. There was really no emotion. ... He had all the door levers being flipped up. He was just going at it, attacking it."
The door, however, could not be opened. Airline experts said that emergency doors are kept sealed during flight by cabin pressure inside the plane.
Others on board were quick to subdue the unruly passenger.
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The passenger was removed from the aircraft but released without charges.
By Enjoli Francis, Mina Kaji and Amanda Maile
March 4, 2020, 7:39 PM
An American Airlines flight bound for Dallas from Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger tried to open the emergency exit door in the middle of the journey.
American Airlines Flight 2300 left O'Hare International Airport Tuesday and was less than 45 minutes into its flight to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when the plane had to be diverted to St. Louis, Missouri, because of the unidentified "unruly passenger," the airline said in a statement Wednesday.
"He started coming at the door," passenger Jonathan Cowan told ABC News. "He just had these big, black gazing eyes. There was really no emotion. ... He had all the door levers being flipped up. He was just going at it, attacking it."
The door, however, could not be opened. Airline experts said that emergency doors are kept sealed during flight by cabin pressure inside the plane.
Others on board were quick to subdue the unruly passenger.
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I get "panic". It can be overwhelming sometimes. But, yikes!
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