The behavior of a passenger forced the aircraft to proceed with an emergency evacuation.
By AFP.
Un plane was forced to evacuate its 78 passengers “urgently” on landing, Saturday afternoon at La Guardia airport in New York, due to the behavior of a passenger who was arrested, said on Saturday the company chartering the flight.
The plane, which came from Indianapolis and was to land at La Guardia, “declared an emergency and landed without incident in reaction to the behavior of a passenger towards the end of the flight,” the company said.
“On exiting the active runway, the plane stopped on a taxiway and carried out an emergency evacuation as a precaution,” added Republic Airways, adding that the “passenger involved in the incident was taken into custody ”.
When contacted, a company spokesperson gave no details on the passenger’s behavior. The New York airport authority did not immediately follow up.
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