A flight attendant opens the emergency door and is arrested after a long tarmac delay
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An out-of-control passenger exploded after a tarmac delay last week, according to a video that went viral — and even opened the plane's emergency door.
The poster of the video on the Reddit forum at the end of April wrote that the incident happened on a flight to Chicago from Atlanta (sound can be heard at the top of this article).
Storms in the Southeast “caused the plane to land on the tarmac briefly,” according to the Reddit poster.
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When contacted for comment, a Delta spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the incident occurred on a plane carrying 168 people that was waiting on the tarmac due to a thunderstorm. Law enforcement removed the unruly passenger from the scene.
“The safety of our customers and employees comes before everything else, and Delta has zero tolerance for unruly behavior,” the official said. “We apologize to our customers on this flight for the delay in their journey.”
The passenger was released by law enforcement after allegedly opening the emergency door when the plane was delayed for a long time (not in the picture) caused by the storm. (Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)
In the video, the man is seen arguing with the flight attendants about how the flight was delayed for three or four hours, with more delays.
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“Take me to the gate, I want to go!” he said. “Or I'll take myself out.”
A man is seen opening the plane's door, prompting an employee to exclaim, “Oh my God.”
The disruption occurred after storms in the southeast caused major delays to a flight from Atlanta. (Stock)
“'Oh my God!' Who are you?” he shot back.
“It doesn't matter, really,” he added. “You know who's important? Me. I told you idiots.”
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The pilot then came on the intercom and informed the man and the others that the plane would return to the gate.
“Good idea!” said the man, before the video cut off.
“I don't agree with what he did, but I understand.”
A Reddit post says the man was arrested when the plane arrived at the gate.
“When they returned to the gate, they met him [by] airport police/air marshals,” the user wrote.
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“There was a scuffle, he threw his luggage at a flight attendant – and he was arrested.”
Commentators strongly criticized the behavior of this man.
The airline reiterated its zero-tolerance policy for unruly behavior following the reported disruption. (Stock)
“Yeah, this guy's a maniac,” said someone else.
“You can keep him, Atlanta,” wrote another. “Yours faithfully, [a] a boy from Chicago.”
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Some commenters said that they understand the frustration of a person.
“I don't agree with what he did, but I understand it,” said the commentator. “An airline should not be allowed to keep you stuck on a plane for too long on the tarmac.”
A Delta spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the incident occurred on a flight with 168 people. (Photos by Piotr Swat/SOPA/LightRocket via Getty Images)
“As someone who has spent time stuck on a plane with no air conditioning sitting on the tarmac, I have to say I understand the urge to get off,” wrote one user. “No one on that plane did what this guy did, but I'm sure we all thought about it.”
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A third user said, “Obviously, this is not how people should behave … but there also needs to be a limit to how long an airline can hold a plane full of hostages on the runway.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Atlanta Police Department for more information.
