Passenger: A suicidal woman tried to open the door of the plane during a flight to New York

NEW YORK CITY – There was a disruption on board a flight to New York on Friday, and one passenger told Eyewitness News that a suicidal woman had tried to open the door of the plane while he was heading to LaGuardia Airport.

The Delta flight operated by Republic Airways was originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, and landed without incident, but law enforcement forces encountered it on the runway.

Stacy Herbert wrote on Twitter about this incident: "A young woman, perhaps in her twenties, became suicidal and tried to open the door of the plane when we ran into LGA Her father pulled her out of the door and she shouted I was not scared because I knew the door could not be opened, but her screams were terrifying, and she was sitting behind us so when she was brought back to his seat was awful to see his suicidal distress ".

The authorities stated that the passenger had commented that she wanted to commit suicide and was acting in a way that could have been a danger to herself and others and therefore needed to be controlled. .

"She seemed suicidal and she was sitting just inches away from me, screaming her head," Herbert told Eyewitness News on Twitter. "She was screaming to want to die."

In an audio program broadcast on liveatc.net by LaGuardia Air Traffic Control, the pilot informs the tower that there is an emergency on board.

"We just have a disturbed passenger, mentally disturbed, trying to open the front door," said the pilot. "Everything is under control now, we will roll to the door."

No injuries were reported and the passenger was removed from the aircraft.

The 20-year-old woman was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital for assessment and the port authority police collected the passengers' statements.

Republic Airways did not confirm the incident, except to issue a statement reading, inter alia: "We are aware of the report published by social media on the flight and are currently reviewing it, but what I can tell you now is that the flight landed without incident and headed for his door. "

The authorities point out that, irrespective of the woman 's attempts, the aircraft door is designed not to open in mid – flight and that the negative pressure does not allow the door to enter. ;open.