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Posted on 03/03/2009 9:16:43 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
D/FW AIRPORT — A man aboard an American Airlines jet opened a door to the aircraft as it was waiting to taxi to a gate at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Tuesday afternoon.
The 26-year-old passenger reportedly ran into the galley area at the front of the MD-80 jet and unlatched the door. That triggered the automatic deployment of an inflatable emergency escape chute.
The man slid down to the tarmac and started moving toward Terminal C. The unidentified man was quickly apprehended by airline employees.
The man was being questinoed by the airport's Department of Public Safety. Transportation Security Administration officials, the FBI and other federal agencies were notified.
Regular airport operations were not affected and no one was hurt.
Flight 1343, arriving from Charlotte N.C., proceeded to gate A37 for an arrival three minutes after its scheduled time.
The man used a door normally employed for food deliveries, so passengers were able to use the regular door to exit the aircraft via a jet bridge.
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Guess he could not wait until the plane was at the gate.
Afraid he’d miss his connecting flight?
Either 1) he found out what was being served for the inflight meal (shoe leather jokingly called Salisbury steak), 2) he found out the inflight movie was “Gigli” or 3) some women were hogging the bathrooms and he *really* had to go....
[snark]
Have threatened this, to self, many times on outbound DFW while looking at 50 stacked up ahead.
This dude must have had a close connection!!
He was just trying to make a connection.
When ya gotta go, ya gotta go.
American is known for stopping about 15 feet short of the gate and holding the passengers hostage for 10 or 15 minutes.
Perhaps he was seated next to a crying baby?
Probably forgot his Starbucks.
He heard that Obama was going to tax his carry-on and he’d had enough and was switching to Southwest (kind of like the Geico Commercial!)
‘2) he found out the inflight movie was “Gigli” “
!! I “saw” that movie on a cross-country flight.
I say “saw” because it was on the screen, but I didn’t have headphones on. Watching the acting without words provided a great insight into just how awful were the performances of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. Words can’t do justice to the wretchedness of it.
Geeze no punch line as in what was so urgent that he had to make an emergency escape and run like hell to ?????.
I hate when they dont finish a story.
Glad he had the chute though cause that jump/fall without would of been rough.
Why do people go crazy on airplanes?
Have you done much flying?
;)
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