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A JetBlue flight attendant was arrested Monday following a bizarre incident onboard a flight incoming to John F. Kennedy Airport in which he allegedly inflated the emergency exit slide and rode it down to the tarmac after cursing out passengers over the plane’s intercom.
CBS 2’s Hazel Sanchez got a look at the inflatable emergency slide on Monday afternoon. It was to be towed away after aviation sources said JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater deployed it in a fit of rage just after the plane landed around noon.
Sources said Slater got into a heated argument with a passenger aboard Flight 1052 from Pittsburgh International Airport after the plane landed.
Sources said Slater lost his temper when a passenger attempted to pull baggage out of an overhead bin as the plane taxied to the gate. Sources also said Slater told the passenger to sit down until the plane was parked at the gate, but the passenger yelled expletives at Slater and pulled the bag out, hitting the flight attendant.
Aviation sources said Slater got on the plane’s public address system and yelled:
“To the passenger who called me a (expletive), (expletive) you. I’ve been in the business 28 years. I’ve had it. That’s it.”
Sources said Slater then grabbed some beer from the plane, deployed the inflatable slide, and took off in his car parked in an employee lot.
Aviation sources said JetBlue waited 25 minutes before notifying Port Authority Police.
A manhunt ensued. Police searched the terminals and the airport grounds. Slater was later arrested at the Belle Harbor, N.Y., home he shares with his partner, according to Slater’s mother.
In a statement released by JetBlue on Monday, the airline said it was “working with the FAA and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to investigate the incident.
“There were no injuries and all customers deplaned the aircraft safely through the jetway. At no time was the security or safety of our customers or crewmembers at risk.”
CBS 2’s Hazel Sanchez got a look at the inflatable emergency slide on Monday afternoon. It was to be towed away after aviation sources said JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater deployed it in a fit of rage just after the plane landed around noon.
Sources said Slater got into a heated argument with a passenger aboard Flight 1052 from Pittsburgh International Airport after the plane landed.
Sources said Slater lost his temper when a passenger attempted to pull baggage out of an overhead bin as the plane taxied to the gate. Sources also said Slater told the passenger to sit down until the plane was parked at the gate, but the passenger yelled expletives at Slater and pulled the bag out, hitting the flight attendant.
Aviation sources said Slater got on the plane’s public address system and yelled:
“To the passenger who called me a (expletive), (expletive) you. I’ve been in the business 28 years. I’ve had it. That’s it.”
Sources said Slater then grabbed some beer from the plane, deployed the inflatable slide, and took off in his car parked in an employee lot.
Aviation sources said JetBlue waited 25 minutes before notifying Port Authority Police.
A manhunt ensued. Police searched the terminals and the airport grounds. Slater was later arrested at the Belle Harbor, N.Y., home he shares with his partner, according to Slater’s mother.
In a statement released by JetBlue on Monday, the airline said it was “working with the FAA and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to investigate the incident.
“There were no injuries and all customers deplaned the aircraft safely through the jetway. At no time was the security or safety of our customers or crewmembers at risk.”
ANGRY FGT!
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