A passenger onboard a British Airways plane is in custody, accused of trying to open the plane’s exit door during an global flight on Tuesday.
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Flight 213 had departed Heathrow Airport in London Tuesday morning.
Crew members called police while still in the air to report an “unruly” passenger. The Federal Aviation Administration said the passenger tried to get out an exit door.
Darren A. Halliwell, 48, of Aspull, England, was restrained after he attacked several flight attendants and publicly urinated, prosecutors said.
Int a statement British Airways saying the will not allow an abusive or unruly passenger.
MA State Police met the flight at Logan global Airport at about 1:30 p.m. They said the woman was intoxicated, and there was no known terrorism connection.
MA police initially said on Twitter that the woman had tried to enter the cockpit. This is a developing situation.
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