Passenger attacks flight attendant, jumps from A320neo at Paris-Orly: video
A passenger attacked a flight attendant, opened an emergency exit, and jumped out of an aircraft at Paris-Orly Airport (ORY).
The incident took place on February 7, 2025, around 18:00 local time, while the Iberia Airbus A320-251N was getting ready for takeoff. The flight, IB578, was scheduled to go to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) in Madrid, Spain.
The departure was delayed for 4.5 hours while emergency services and police handled the situation. Video footage taken by one of the passengers soon spread on social media, showing police and local authorities gathered near the aircraft.
Grave incident à l’aéroport d’Orly.Vendredi dernier, un passager a sauté d’un Airbus A320 d’Iberia lors de son roulage à l’aéroport de Paris Orly.Alors que le vol était sur le point de décoller pour Madrid, un passager à agresser une hôtesse et a ouvert une issue de… pic.twitter.com/u1rXfzpCTR— air plus news (@airplusnews) February 9, 2025 While the aircraft was taxiing for departure, a male passenger moved to the front of the aircraft and tried to open an emergency exit door, according to local media reports. A flight attendant stepped in to stop the man, but he succeeded in opening the door and jumped out of the aircraft and onto the tarmac.
According to airport officials, the passenger assaulted a flight attendant before making his escape. The incident is currently under investigation.
Aéroports de Paris (ADP) stated that the passenger was quickly taken into custody by the Brigade de Gendarmerie des Transports Aériens (BGTA) and assured that the safety of operations was never put at risk, local media outlet Midi Libre reported.
According to the Créteil Prosecutor’s Office, the individual will be charged with obstructing the movement of an aircraft, but his detention was lifted due to medical reasons.
The incident forced the A320neo to be towed, leading the passengers to disembark, the Midi Libre report continued. Some were able to depart for Madrid in the evening of February 7, while others were provided accommodations until their next flight.
In August 2024, a similar incident occurred when a man on American Airlines Flight 1175 attempted to open the exit door while flying from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). He also confessed to intimidating a flight attendant during the flight. As a result, the passenger received a 19-month sentence in federal prison. The post Passenger attacks flight attendant, jumps from A320neo at Paris-Orly: video appeared first on AeroTime.
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