The incident took place as Iberia flight IB578 left the gate at around 5.20pm last Friday, February 7, with the flight was due to depart from Paris Orly Airport in France for Barajas Airport in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
It was the second time in three months that a passenger had opened an emergency exit before takeoff on an Iberia flight, as reported by NeedToKnow.
A nervous passenger deployed an emergency slide just as the Iberia Express flight was about to depart Ibiza for Madrid in December.
A passenger caused chaos after allegedly attacking crew and jumping from an emergency exit as the plane prepared for take off.
It’s also unknown if Iberia plans to press charges against him for allegedly assaulting the flight attendant and delaying the flight.