Passenger allegedly opens emergency exit door on taxiing plane, deploys slide at Atlanta airport: police

A formation departing from Atlanta was delayed Tuesday aft an unruly rider allegedly opened the jet’s exigency exit doorway and deployed the inflatable descent portion the level was taxiing, according to police.

The incidental triggered a information scare astatine Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and prompted the Amsterdam-bound craft to instrumentality to the gate, wherever officers boarded the plane. 

Flight 622, operated by KLM Airlines, was past canceled retired of information concerns, FOX 5 Atlanta reported.

The Atlanta Police Department said the passenger, 32-year-old Johannes Van Heertum, had called 911 from wrong the aircraft, claiming helium saw different traveler with a weapon. Investigators said Van Heertum seemed to person panicked and acted out, forcing the craft to instrumentality to its ramp.

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A KLM Airlines pitchy parked connected the tarmac astatine an airport. (FOX 5 Atlanta)

Police said Van Heertum appeared to beryllium experiencing a intelligence wellness occurrence and was evaluated by EMTs earlier being taken into custody. He was charged with reckless conduct, transgression harm to spot and interfering with information measures. 

He was past transported to the Clayton County Jail without incident, and APD’s Homeland Security Unit was notified.

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Aerial presumption of taxiways and terminal gathering astatine Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta.  (Smith Collection/Gado)

KLM said that each remaining passengers were rebooked connected the adjacent disposable flights, FOX 5 added. No weapons were recovered onboard.

Emergency exits adjacent rider seats of an airplane. (Horacio Villalobos/Corbis)

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Passengers told the section outlet that the incidental unfolded rapidly and was "terrifying," though nary injuries were reported.

KLM Airlines did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.