
Passenger allegedly opens emergency exit door on taxiing plane, deploys slide at Atlanta airport: police
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Johannes Van Heertum allegedly opened an emergency exit door and deployed the slide on a KLM flight at Atlanta airport, causing the Amsterdam-bound plane to return to its ramp.
Bonny Chu is a Digital Production Assistant at Fox News Digital.
Flight 622, operated by KLM Airlines, was then canceled out of safety concerns, FOX 5 Atlanta reported.
The Atlanta Police Department said the passenger, 32-year-old Johannes Van Heertum, had called 911 from inside the aircraft, claiming he saw another traveler with a weapon. Investigators said Van Heertum seemed to have panicked and acted out, forcing the aircraft to return to its ramp.
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