Passenger panics, opens plane’s emergency exit while taxiing at Atlanta airport

A man who thought he saw a weapon on a flight leaving Atlanta was arrested on Tuesday night.

Atlanta police say someone on board a KLM flight heading to Amsterdam called 911 and said he had possibly seen a weapon.

Investigators Johannes Van Heertum, 48, panicked and opened the emergency exit door while the plane was taxiing down the runway, deploying the inflatable slide…

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