A person tried to open the door of a taxiing plane at Boston's Logan International Airport Tuesday night, according to the airport. One person has been detained.
An emergency slide on the JetBlue plane, which was set to fly to San Juan, Puerto Rico, was deployed during the incident, a Massport spokeswoman told NBC10 Boston. No one was hurt.
A Massachusetts State Police spokesman confirmed that one person was detained over reports of a disturbance on a taxiing aircraft. The incident was reported about 7:25 p.m.
State police later said in a statement that the passenger "wanted to deplane" and "opened an aircraft door suddenly and without warning."
The person is expected to be arraigned on charges Wednesday in East Boston District Court, but police said their identity will not be released until the charges are finalized.
A JetBlue representative said in a statement to NBC News the person opened the door over the wing on Flight 161 "for unknown reasons," then stayed on the aircraft. They noted the plane was delayed but that the airline was "working to get our customers on their way as quickly as possible."
The statement referred further questions about the person who opened the door to them.
One passenger said the man opened the emergency exit after getting in a fight with his girlfriend.
"Two people directly behind me, they were arguing, boyfriend and girlfriend," Fred Wynn said in a video recorded on the flight. "I guess the boyfriend wanted to see the girlfriend's phone, and she wouldn't let him see."
Wynn continued that the man "got up, ran down the center aisle, grabbed the emergency door."
