Passenger opens emergency exit on plane and ‘jumps out’

A Jetstar passenger pulled open the emergency exit door just minutes after landing at Melbourne Airport, ‘ran’ out onto the wing and then dangled from the engine before being tackled by ground crew

The JQ507 flight from Sydney had just touched down in Melbourne at about 10am on Thursday when a man in his 30s pulled open the emergency exit door and ‘jumped out’.

‘Flight attendants were telling the man to sit down, he was pacing around, not listening to the crew,’ Sky News host Kieran Gilbert reported.

The passenger then walked onto the right wing of the A320-200 aircraft,

The passenger then ‘ran’ onto the right wing of the A320-200 aircraft and dangled himself from the turbine engine before he was restrained by ground handling staff.

Passengers were reportedly screaming at the man to ‘please sit down’ during the chaos.

The man has been arrested, and all passengers on board were allowed to disembark.

A Jetstar spokesperson confirmed a passenger ‘opened the emergency exit door after arrival into Melbourne, which automatically deployed the slide’.

‘The plane was parked at the gate at time. The passenger has been arrested by the AFP,’ the airline said.

Adam, a passenger on the flight, told Sky News that upon landing, the man stood up from his seat and ignored the flight crew’s instructions to remain seated.

‘Effectively as we were taxiing to the gate, the gentleman sitting not too far from me stood up and ignored instructions to sit down,’ he said.

‘He was looking a little bit disturbed, I guessed he was having some sort of psychotic episode.

‘When we actually pulled up to the gate he reached over to the emergency exit, pulled it. Everyone at that point was screaming at him telling him to stop and trying to physically restrain him.’

Adam, a passenger on the flight, told Sky News that upon landing, the man stood up from his seat and ignored the flight crew’s instructions to remain seated.

‘Effectively as we were taxiing to the gate, the gentleman sitting not too far from me stood up and ignored instructions to sit down,’ he said.

‘He was looking a little bit disturbed, I guessed he was having some sort of psychotic episode.

‘When we actually pulled up to the gate he reached over to the emergency exit, pulled it. Everyone at that point was screaming at him telling him to stop and trying to physically restrain him.’

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