Published 16:58 IST, November 30th 2022

Woman bites co-passenger after trying to open emergency exit door of plane; blames Jesus

Elom Agbegninou, a 34-year-old woman, attempted to unfasten the door of a Southwest Airlines flight mid-air and then claimed that she did so because of Jesus.

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US-based carrier Southwest Airlines is ding yet anor unruly passenger to its list, this time, a 34-year-old woman who attempted to unfasten door of aircraft mid-air and n claimed that she did so on Jesus’ behest. According to 2Houston, woman in question is Elom Agbegninou, who tried to open door and went on to bite a fellow passenger on a Texas flight that was en route to Ohio. 

bizarre incident transpired on Saturday, when a frustrated Agbegninou was stopped by cabin crew from reaching aircraft’s emergency exit. After a co-passenger tried to tackle her for creating a ruckus, 34-year-old bit person on thigh, and only let go when passenger used ir fingers to move her jaw. 

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As per documents released by US District Court for Eastern District of Arkansas, woman n repeatedly hit her he on plane’s floor, and claimed that “Jesus told her to fly to Ohio and Jesus told her to open door.” Ding Yu, a passenger who was on board, recalled incident and told Fox News Digital: “y were rushing to back of plane to help. I was thinking about worst case, probably that plane will crash, but I know it’s a very low probability.” 

What is woman's side of story? 

What started off as a three-hour route ended into a six-hour trip, thanks to woman’s erratic behaviour which resulted in flight making an emergency landing at Little Rock’s Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport around 3:30 pm. After plane touched down, Agbegninou was handed to federal agents as or officials helped passenger who was bitten with medicines and hepatitis shots.

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Agbegninou defended her act and told authorities that prior to hopping on flight, she h left home early on Saturday without telling her husband that she wanted to go visit a friend in Maryland. She also claimed that she “h not flown in a long time” and “became very anxious and normally would not have done those things.”

16:58 IST, November 30th 2022