Passenger activates emergency slide on a Delta Air flight bound for Seattle
A scary situation for those passengers onboard Delta Air Flight 1714 after a passenger activated one of the aircraft’s emergency slides.
An individual has been arrested after opening one of the plane’s doors and exiting via the emergency exit slide as the crew prepared for takeoff from Los Angeles to Seattle.
The incident on the Delta flight took place around 10:40 a.m. local time on Saturday, while the plane was stationary at LA’s international airport.
The Boeing 737 was on the runway holding to taxi for takeoff when the passenger exited the aircraft.
The individual was initially detained by Delta staff before being arrested by local law enforcement.
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