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Air steward sees red

AN AIRLINE flight attendant who swore at an unruly passenger before storming out of his plane via the emergency inflatable slide has been arrested in New York.

Steven Slater, 39, argued with a passenger in America who was attempting to retrieve his hand luggage from an overhead compartment while the plane from Pittsburgh to New York was still moving on the runway.

When the passenger abused Mr Slater, the “runaway” flight attendant appears to have lost his temper and dramatically resigned.

He grabbed the intercom and said: “To the passenger who called me a mother ———, —— you.

“I’ve been in the business 28 years. I’ve had it. That’s it.”

Mr Slater then activated the emergency exit and slid down the inflatable slide on to the tarmac.

He then boarded a train to the terminal, stripping off his tie and discarding it to the astonishment of bemused onlookers.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .