Passenger Hits Flight Attendant, Opens Emergency Exit, Jumps Out

• An Iberia flight was getting ready to take off on Friday when a passenger opened an exit.
• Airlive.web reported the passenger hit a flight attendant and jumped onto the tarmac.
• Iberia confirmed the incident to Enterprise Insider, however didn’t remark additional.

A passenger hit a flight attendant and opened an emergency exit earlier than leaping onto the tarmac whereas their flight was getting ready to take off.

The Airbus A320neo, operated by Spanish airline Iberia, was about to fly from Paris Orly Airport to Madrid on Friday.

Airlive.web first reported the incident. Iberia spokesperson confirmed the knowledge shared by Airlive to Enterprise Insider, however didn’t remark additional.

Airlive.web reported that the airplane was about to show onto the runway when passengers heard a loud sound.

In a video obtained by the outlet and seemingly filmed by one other passenger, emergency autos are seen surrounding the A320neo.

Passengers deplaned after two hours and have been despatched to close by motels, Airlive.web reported.

Flight IB578 took off from Paris 5 hours later than scheduled, based on information from Flightradar24.

Aéroports de Paris, which administers Orly Airport, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from BI.

In January, an identical incident occurred on a JetBlue flight that was about to take off from Boston. The Federal Aviation Administration stated the airplane was on a taxiway when a passenger opened an emergency exit, inflicting the slide to deploy.

Final August, a passenger in Australia opened an emergency exit when their airplane had simply arrived on the gate earlier than strolling alongside the jet’s wing.

In 2023, a Southwest Airways passenger precipitated panic after leaping out of an emergency exit and working throughout the tarmac earlier than trying to steal a truck.