The question is, what was he trying to escape from? The
plane hadn’t even taken off yet.
A man preparing to fly on a Southwest Airlines flight got
off the plane through an escape hatch and stood on the wing before taking off
on Sunday.
He jumped from the wing to the tarmac below and even tried
to hijack an emergency vehicle before he was apprehended and arrested.
The man’s motivation for bolting the plane before it even
left the gate area, or his identity, is unknown at this time.
The incident happened at Louis Armstrong Airport in New
Orleans. The airliner was still parked and had yet to push back for takeoff.
Witnesses said he was unrestrained long enough to actually walk on the wing
before jumping down to the tarmac, where he was arrested.
He was taken to a local hospital to be evaluated.
Surprisingly, no criminal charges have yet been levied against the man.
So, it remains a weird and mysterious story.
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