JetBlue Flight Attendant Arrested After Dispute
A JetBlue flight attendant got into an argument with a passenger on a flight arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday. Authoritative say the flight attendant cursed the passenger, grabbed a beer from the galley and then deployed an emergency exit slide and fled the plane.
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Flight attendant Steven Slater was eventually arrested, but not before he had his moment. The JetBlue employee got into an argument with a passenger as a plane arrived in New York. The passenger pulled luggage from an overhead bin. It struck Mr. Slater on the head. He got no apology, so he cursed the passenger on the public address system. He then grabbed a beer, police say, activated the emergency slide and slid off the plane.
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