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Two passengers on aDeltaflight are facing criminal charges after they opened an emergency door and slid out of a plane with their service dog while it was taxiing.
A spokesperson for the airline confirmed to PEOPLE the event occurred at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Monday, and noted that the aircraft returned to the gate where the other customers safely deplaned.
Valens said Murdock, 31, is facing charges of reckless endangerment and criminal mischief, while both he and Greco, 23, are being charged with criminal trespass.
The Queens District Attorney’s Officetold CNNthat Greco is scheduled for a court appearance on March 21, while Murdock is awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court.
It was not immediately clear if the suspects have entered pleas or retained attorneys to comment on their behalf.
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Another passenger on the flight, Brian Plummer, told theTimesthat he noticed Murdock and Greco changing seats several times before they exited the plane, ignoring instructions from flight crew to remain seated during the taxiing process.
According to Plummer, Murdock told a flight attendant that hehad post-traumatic stress disorder. " ‘If I sit down, I’ll freak out,'" Plummer recalled Murdock saying, adding that he and Greco “seemed really nice.”
No one was injured, officials told theTimes.
The Delta incident came two days after a man wasarrested after climbing onto the wingof an Alaska Airlines airplane readying for takeoff out of Las Vegas.
The pilot saw a man approaching the plane while they were preparing to depart McCarran International Airport, according toCNN. Officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and airport authorities apprehended the person, who reportedly jumped over a perimeter fence to make it to the plane, the outlet reports.
source: people.com
