A plane was forced to evacuate its 78 passengers "urgently" on landing Saturday afternoon at New York's La Guardia Airport, due to the behavior of a passenger who was arrested, said on Saturday. the company chartering the flight, Republic Airways.
This aircraft, an Embraer E-175 which came from Indianapolis and was to land at La Guardia, "
declared an emergency and landed (...) without incident in reaction to the behavior of a passenger towards the end of the flight",
the company said in a message sent to AFP.
"On exiting the active runway, the plane stopped on a taxiway and carried out an emergency evacuation as a precaution,"
added Republic Airways, adding that the
"passenger involved in the incident was taken into custody ”
.
When contacted, a company spokesperson gave no details on the passenger's behavior.
Contacted by AFP, the New York airport authority did not immediately follow up.
