Delta passengers take dog, slip out of plane on emergency slide

NY Post ^ | 12/21/2020 | Tamar Lapin

[Gamecock]

A man, woman and their service dog used the emergency slide to slip out of an airplane that was preparing to take off from LaGuardia Airport on Monday morning.

The passengers opened a cabin door, activating the slide, and took off as the Delta flight bound for Atlanta, Ga., was taxiing out of the runway at around 10:55 a.m., according to law enforcement sources and an airline spokesman.

Antonio Murdock, 31, told Port Authority cops that his post-traumatic stress disorder was triggered on the plane, the sources said.

[pepsionice]

Well, they got both of themselves on the ‘forbidden-to-fly’ again list.

[ReformedBeckite]

This could be an interest post to follow, probably some funny comments will be posted.

[Eleutheria5]

Is “F@#$ing moron” officially a psychological disorder?

[fr_freak]

A man, woman and their service dog used the emergency slide to slip out of an airplane that was preparing to take off from LaGuardia Airport on Monday morning.

The most important question of the story, that the "journalists" leave out, is did the man or woman or dog say "weeeeeeeee" as they went?

[FES0844]

I feel sorry for the dog.

[NautiNurse]

Scary times. Strange stock photo chosen for the story.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

And maybe a second look at his ‘service’ dog? Doesn’t sound like it did much good on the plane.

[Eleutheria5]

I sure would have. And as they perp walked me, I would have shouted “TOP O’ THE WORLD, MA!”

But then again, there’s a stereotype to uphold, and after shelling out money for a plane ticket, there is no way I would lose all that cash. PTSD ShmeeTSD. No emergency exit.

[Ann Archy]

OMG!! They should NEVER EVER be able to fly on ANY PLANE AGAIN!!

[NautiNurse]

And maybe a second look at his ‘service’ dog? Doesn’t sound like it did much good on the plane.

Perhaps the dog was barking orders to deplane immediately.

[pepsionice]

Maybe this was just a poodle and he couldn’t growl enough at the guy to reclaim common sense?

[Mark17]

Antonio Murdock, 31, told Port Authority cops that his post-traumatic stress disorder was triggered on the plane, the sources said.

Sorry, I am not buying, what he is selling. 👎

[Cowgirl of Justice]

When I was a flight attendant, the one big NO NO was ‘DO NOT POP A SLIDE’.

Those things are about $25k+ to repack.

[Blue Jays]

"...DO NOT POP A SLIDE..."

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That is quite a blanket statement you made.

If a jetliner has crashed and in danger of catching on fire...the crew should focus entirely on passenger safety and not how much it costs to repack an inflatable emergency slide.

[Bell Bouy II]

I am sure the company was referring to non emergency situations

[GreenLanternCorps]

[CASchack]

Imagine being on that flight and having these idiots ruin your travel plans...connecting flights, etc.

[KittyKares]

At least they did it before the plane was in the air.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

When the airplane is on the ground in a non-emergency situation, at the gate the slides are not locked to the plane- understand? This way, the slides won’t be activated to inflate into the plane if the door is closed and then reopened.

When the plane is detached from the gateway, the flight attendants will attach the slides to the plane which also attaches a pull that will pop the slide if the door is opened in an emergency situation.

You will hear flight attendants acknowledge ‘cross check’ or ‘cross check complete’ as they check behind each other to make sure they are attached or unattached, depending on where the plane is.

To sum it up, you don’t know what you are talking about.