NEW DETAILS: JetBlue Flight Attendant Faces Up To 7 Years In Jail In Bizarre Incident
Posted on Aug 10, 2010 @ 07:40AM
A JetBlue flight attendant faces up to seven years behind bars after was he was charged with reckless endangerment and other offenses, after admittedly opening an emergency exit door, deploying an inflatable emergency exit slide and sliding off a plane after it had landed following a run-in with a passenger.
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The flight attendant, 38-year-old Steve Slater appeared in a New York City courtroom Tuesday morning. He is charged with first- and second-degree reckless endangerment, second- and fourth-degree criminal mischief, and third-degree criminal trespass in connection with Monday’s incident, RadarOnline.com has learned. He was ordered to be held on $2,500 bail.
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“The emergency chute deploys at 3,000 pounds per-square inch within seconds, and could easily injure or kill ground crews or others on the tarmac who are unaware the chute has been activated," Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Tuesday in a statement to RadarOnline.com.
Brown said Tuesday’s hearing “would have been a far different arraignment if someone had been standing under the emergency chute when it deployed.”
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As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the incident started after JetBlue Flight 1052, traveling from Pittsburgh-to-New York, landed at New York's JFK airport, when a passenger prematurely stood up and collected his bags from an overhead compartment.
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Slater told the passenger to stop what he was doing, and the two exchanged heated words before one of the bags came loose and bopped Slater on the head. Slater asked the passenger to apologize, but the passenger refused.
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Slater then grabbed the plane's PA system and shouted: "To the [expletive] who just told me to [expletive] off, its been a good 28 years!"
Slater then activated the inflatable evacuation slide, authorities said, swiped a beer from the plane's alcohol cart and scurried off through the airfield to the employee parking lot, where he found his car and drove back to his Queens, New York home.
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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police took Slater into custody later Monday. According to the DA, Slater admitted to authorities he'd activated the slide, and trespassed on the aeronautical area until he was able to exit to the street area.
Slater is due back in court September 7.
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Oct 27, 2010 @ 06:50
Sep 07, 2010 @ 06:37
So why didn't they arrest the passenger who was harassing him? Personally, I would have shoved her down the chute.
Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 1:44pm
. This woman owes him an apology. He was simply doing his job.
Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 5:05pm
Annoying is people who bring "carry on" luggage that should be checked because they are in a hurry and want to avoid baggage claims- making those of us with checked bags wait longer on them to get their stuff before we can leave the plane.
Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 1:37pm
He had enough I guess. There's always some ahole in every crowd. Those self entitled, all about me types. No regard for rules or others. It's getting worse and worse too. Manners and curteousy are disappearing.
Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 1:32pm
This guy did what every single person who works only wished they could do at some point. I sure hope they let this guy go. NO patron should EVER treat someone that horrible.
Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 1:13pm
We (HEART!) Steven.
We hope someone kills that icky stinky fish who caused Steven to get mad!
Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 12:58pm