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By Bill Galluccio Dec 22, 2020 Two passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York City to Atlanta opened the cabin door and jumped off the plane moments before takeoff. Flight 462 was taxiing to the runway when it came to an abrupt stop as the emergency slide deployed. The couple and their service dog slid down the slide onto the runway. One of the passengers,  Brian Plummer, told the  New York Times that the couple changed seats multiple times as the flight boarded. When the plane departed from the gate, the man stood up and ignored orders from the flight crew to return to his se...

Passenger Brian Plummer told The New York Times that before they exited the plane, the pair had changed seats several times on a flight that wasn't full. The man finally stood up and ignored a flight attendant’s order to take a seat for takeoff, telling the attendant that he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, Plummer added. “If I sit down, I’ll freak out,” the man said, according to Plummer. The aircraft was forced to return to the gate where the remaining customers got off and were later put on alternate flights. The incident recalled the 2010 case of Steven Slater, a...

It's not every day you see a plane emergency slide in use. It's even less likely you'll see two passengers use it to slide out of a plane with their dog before the flight takes off. But on Monday, that happened at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. "During flight 462’s taxi-out at LaGuardia on Dec. 21, a party of two (people) opened a cabin door and exited the aircraft via the slide," Morgan Durrant, spokesperson for Delta Air Lines, told USA TODAY. The passengers, Antonio Murdock, 31, and Brianna Greco, 23, both residents of Florida, also had a service dog with them, Lenis Valens,...

A plane preparing for takeoff was halted in New York after a Florida couple with their pet dog fled via an emergency slide, authorities say. The incident took place on board an Atlanta-bound Delta flight as it was taxiing towards the runway at LaGuardia Airport. Witnesses reported seeing an agitated-looking male passenger force open the front cabin door and jump out using the emergency chute. He was quickly followed by his female companion who carried the Great Dane puppy. Fellow flyer Brian Plummer said the pair, named by the airline as Antonio Murdock and Brianna Greco, had moved seats seve...

Florida couple and their dog debark plane via emergency slide before takeoff Print this article A Florida couple and their Great Dane used an emergency slide to get off a Delta plane getting ready to take off from New York City. Antonio Murdock and Brianna Greco were on a Monday flight from LaGuardia Airport to Atlanta when witnesses said Murdock became "panicky" and forced his way out the front cabin door, according to the Associated Press. Murdock, 31, activated the emergency chute to exit the plane. Greco, 27, followed suit with the dog. The two were taken into custody after debarking ...