A US man, on board a Delta Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Seattle, was detained on Saturday for allegedly opening an exit door and inflicting the airplane’s emergency slide to be activated earlier than takeoff.

The Los Angeles Airport Police mentioned round 10am EST., an unidentified passenger, sporting a striped crimson and navy blue sweater with black pants, rushed to the entrance of the airplane whereas the airplane was pushing away from the gate and requested the flight attendant, “what do I do now?”, reported the New York Post.

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According to the report, passengers instructed FOX 11 that the flight attendant insisted that the person sit down, however he ran from the flight attendant and went to the airplane’s emergency exit doorways, turned the latch, opened the door, and slid down the deployed emergency slide.

Forcing the airplane to cease, the person jumped onto the again of a baggage cart, the place baggage staff held him down till the airport police obtained there, the report quoted the passengers as saying.

“He is being taken to a local hospital for a mental evaluation,” mentioned a safety personnel.

“Airport Police responded and detained the passenger for further investigation. Due to the circumstances, FBI was notified,” the airport police instructed Fox News Digital.

The airline instructed Fox News Digital, “Delta flight 1714 operating from Los Angeles to Seattle returned to the gate due to an unruly passenger. The aircraft was holding to taxi for takeoff when the passenger exited the aircraft and was initially detained by Delta staff ahead of being arrested by local law enforcement.”

“Customers are being re-accommodated on a new aircraft, and we apologise for the inconvenience and delay in their travel plans,” it added.