LOS ANGELES (AP) – A passenger was rushed to the hospital Friday evening after leaping from a transferring aircraft at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport, authorities stated.
United Specific flight 5365, operated by SkyWest, left a gate shortly after 7 p.m. when the person tried unsuccessfully to interrupt into the cockpit, then opened the service door and jumped down the escape slide onto the tarmac, in response to the airport and SkyWest .
The person was taken into custody on the taxiway, handled for non-life-threatening accidents and brought to hospital, the authorities stated.
The dual-engine Embraer 175, which was en path to Salt Lake Metropolis, returned to its gate, the airport introduced.
It was nonetheless there hours later.
No person on board the aircraft was injured.
The FBI was investigating.
It was the second incident at LAX in two days.
On Thursday, a driver plowed by means of a sequence hyperlink fence at a FedEx cargo facility and walked into the airfield, crossing runways whereas police chased the automotive. Based on police, the motive force was arrested and no accidents have been reported. Two runways have been briefly closed.
