A plane was forced to evacuate its 78 passengers “urgently” on landing Saturday afternoon at New York’s La Guardia Airport due to the behavior of a passenger who was arrested, said on Saturday. the company chartering the flight, Republic Airways.
This aircraft, an Embraer E-175 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 in a message sent to AFP.
“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. Contacted by AFP, the New York airport authority did not immediately follow up.
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