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A passenger was accused of opening a door and jumping off an Iberia flight while it was preparing to take off.
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The incident, which was said to have occurred Friday, was first described by Airlive.net.
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Iberia said it could “confirm the information” in the report but did not comment further.
A passenger was accused of assaulting a flight attendant and opening an emergency exit before jumping onto the taxiway while a flight was preparing to take off.
Airlive.net first described the incident involving an Airbus A320neo operated by the Spanish airline Iberia, which was about to depart Paris Orly Airport for Madrid on Friday.
An Iberia spokesperson told Business Insider the airline could “confirm the information” in the report but did not comment further.
The plane was about to turn onto the runway when passengers heard a loud sound, Airlive.net reported.
In a video obtained by the outlet that appeared to have been taken by another passenger, emergency vehicles can be seen surrounding the aircraft.
Passengers deplaned after two hours and were sent to nearby hotels, per the report.
Flight IB578 took off from Paris five hours later than scheduled, according to data from Flightradar24.
Aéroports de Paris, which administers Orly Airport, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.
In January, a similar incident occurred on a JetBlue flight that was about to take off from Boston. The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was on a taxiway when a passenger opened an emergency exit, causing the slide to deploy.
Last August, a passenger in Australia opened an emergency exit when his plane had just arrived at the gate, getting out and walking along one of the jet’s wings.
In 2023, a Southwest Airlines passenger caused panic after jumping out of an emergency exit and running across the tarmac before attempting to steal a truck.
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