The pilot initially called for an emergency landing after the passenger attempted to open the door during the flight.
A Delta Air Lines flight en route from Raleigh, North Carolina, landed safely at LaGuardia Airport in New York City on Friday, despite tumult caused by a passenger who allegedly attempted to open one of the emergency exits as the plane approached its descent.
"Cancel the fire crash rescue. We just had a mentally disturbed passenger trying to open the forward door," the pilot said in the recording."Everything is under control now. We're gonna be taxiing to the gate." A Delta Air Lines plane shown in flight in 2018. Mario Tama/Getty Images CBS New York later reported that the distressed passenger may have been the victim of a previous crime and was being accompanied to New York City by her father.
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