BOSTON (AP) — An individual on board a aircraft at Boston Logan Global Airport that used to be taxiing for takeoff all of sudden opened an go out door and used to be briefly restrained by means of different passengers, government mentioned. The JetBlue passenger, Angel Luis Torres Morales, of Puerto Rico, used to be arraigned Wednesday within the East Boston department of the Boston Municipal Courtroom on fees of interfering with operations of an plane, in keeping with The Boston Globe. He pleaded no longer responsible and his subsequent court docket look might be March 4.The door used to be opened about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday “all of sudden and with out caution,” Massachusetts State Police spokesperson Tim McGuirk mentioned in a remark. The hole of the overwing go out door led to an emergency slide to deploy aboard JetBlue flight 161 from Boston to San Juan, Puerto Rico, the airline mentioned in a remark.Some passengers panicked.
“They have been like freaking out,” passenger Fred Wynn informed WCVB-TV. “They have been like, ‘Prevent, forestall’!”Wynn mentioned the passenger used to be seated at the back of him and used to be arguing together with his female friend over a cell phone, then “the the fellow were given up and ran down the aisle” towards the door.JetBlue mentioned the flight used to be ultimately swapped to every other plane and landed in San Juan.
