Posted on 05/07/2022 6:00:15 PM PDT by algore
Randy Frank Davila, 57, has been pictured for the first time in a mugshot obtained by DailyMail.com. He has been contacted for further comment about his alleged antics.
Chicago Police have also revealed that despite the chaos Davila allegedly caused, he'll only be charged with a misdemeanor reckless conduct.
That is because neither the exit window nor the tarmac displayed signs warning that it would be a felony offense to exit a moving plane and trespass in a restricted area.
The drama began on United Airlines flight 2478 from San Diego to Chicago O'Hare Thursday after it landed in Illinois and began to taxi towards its gate.
Davila is accused of 'pulling the emergency exit window while taxing, walking out on the wing of the plane, then sliding off the wing of the plane and attempting to direct the plane into the gate,' the police report said. He has a $3,000 recognizance bond.
The Chicago Police Department reported he was 'denied alcohol service by the flight attendants' and was 'talking to himself throughout the flight.'
However, Davila will not be charged with a federal crime due to there being 'no signage on the emergency door nor the tarmac advising the subject that exiting a moving plane would constitute criminal trespass to restricted areas.'
Passengers aboard United Airlines flight 2478 from San Diego were stunned when Davila ripped open the emergency door in row 21, where he was seated, around 4.30am on Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
What did he do after it landed?
However, Davila will not be charged with a federal crime due to there being ‘no signage on the emergency door nor the tarmac advising the subject that exiting a moving plane would constitute criminal trespass to restricted areas.’
Lol.
“Passengers aboard United Airlines flight 2478 from San Diego were stunned when Davila ripped open the emergency door in row 21”
Passenger Mary Ellen Eagelston post a photo on Twitter and later said everyone was ‘surprised’ and questioning: ‘Did we really see what we really saw?’
*****
so they just watched while he did it, in a smalerl aircraft for domestic travel meaning it’s tighter to get around, including the stewards? No wonder they’re having not only a pilot shortage but capable people of doing their jobs.
A man of principle and standards. A rare breed in this day and age.
That’s livin’ right there.
When somebody asks you what the craziest thing is you ever did, you get to tell that story.
Was there a sign at the Capitol Building on Jan 6 explicitly telling citizens not to enter?
That’s why it’s illegal to rip off your mattress tag.
wat
Since when has it been legal or sensible to open the emergency door and wing walk a taxiing aircraft? They should throw the book at this guy. I don’t drink bleach, and I don’t need a warning label on the jug to tell me not to neck it...
Lesson here is that if there is no sign prohibiting something, go for it.
People are @ssholes and airlines suck. They deserve each other.
You threaten our Democracy!
This is what the whole article was about.
This happened on a United Airlines flight
from San Diego to Chicago O'Hare.
after it landed in Illinois
Hahahaha
I was trying to make a joke…you know walking on the wing while it was flying.
Retired at 57, I guess he thought then he could tell everyone to go to heck.
“attempting to direct the plane into the gate”
Now, who would even know what is, let alone try it?
Welcome to my world FRiend.
Being a sarcasm Jedi is a tough life.
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