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Antonio Murdock, 31, and Brianna Greco, 23, both from Florida, were arrested after he opened a cabin door and activated the slide
Incident took place on Delta Flight 462 from La Guardia Airport in New York to Atlanta Monday morning
Murdock ignored the flight attendant s instruction to stay seated and said he suffered from PTSD, a witness said
Murdock allegedly forced open a cabin door and activated the emergency slide
The couple and their service dog Rain went down the slide and escaped
Murdock told cops his PTSD stems from a jail stint on robbery charges and was triggered by the confined space in the airplane cabin, a source said
Antonio Murdock, 31, was arraigned in Queens County court Tuesday
He was charged with criminal mischief in the second degree, reckless endangerment in the second degree and criminal trespass in the third degree
His companion Brianna Greco, 23, was charged with criminal trespass
They were pictured leaving court arm in arm after his arraignment hours after he was led in handcuffed by Port Authority police officers
Murdock and Greco, both from Florida, were arrested after he opened a cabin door and activated the slide on Delta Flight 462 to Atlanta Monday morning
The incident took place on tarmac at La Guardia Airport in New York
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December 22, 2020
NEW YORK Brian Plummer was sitting toward the back of a Delta Air Lines flight readying to depart LaGuardia Airport on Monday when, he said, he noticed a man and a woman with a large service dog nearby.
The Atlanta-bound plane was not completely full, Plummer said, and the couple changed seats several times.
The man and woman never did settle in, and as Flight 462 began to taxi out to a runway, the man stood up, ignoring a flight attendant’s order to sit, saying that he had post-traumatic stress disorder, Plummer said.
A short time later, Plummer said, he felt the plane shudder to a stop. It was not immediately clear to him why, but the flight crew eventually told the passengers what had happened.