United States: plane evacuated in emergency due to passenger behavior

Unusual scene on the tarmac at La Guardia airport in New York (United States). A plane was forced to evacuate its 78 passengers “urgently” on landing, Saturday, October 9 in the afternoon, because of the behavior of a passenger who was arrested, said on Saturday the company chartering the flight, Republic Airways. This plane, an Embraer E-175, was coming from Indianapolis and was supposed to land at La Guardia.

The aircraft “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. “On exiting the active runway, the plane stopped on a taxiway and carried out an emergency evacuation as a precaution,” Republic Airways added, adding that the “passenger involved in the incident was taken into custody “.

No danger for New Yorkers

When contacted, a company spokesperson gave no details on the passenger’s behavior. Passengers, meanwhile, told Port Authority police that the man in question had searched his luggage at one point during the flight and that they were scared, the spokesperson told CNN. of the Port Authority. One of the passengers on the flight also explained to the US channel: “As soon as the plane landed, the pilots and flight attendants started shouting ‘Evacuate! Evacuate!’ and we all got off the plane. “

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According to her, the behavior of the passenger caused a kind of “bomb threat”. The flight connected Indianapolis to La Guardia. For her part, New York Governor Kathy Hochul tweeted that authorities “are monitoring the situation and that there is no reason to believe that there is a danger to New Yorkers at this time.” .

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