While some passengers aboard a flight ready to depart Boston Logan International Airport Tuesday night panicked when a man suddenly threw open an emergency exit, others sprung into action and restrained him.

The Massachusetts State Police, whose officers arrived to arrest the unnamed man shortly after, said it was an isolated incident, per <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;CNN&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/travel/boston-jetblue-passenger-emergency-exit-hnk/index.html&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/travel/boston-jetblue-passenger-emergency-exit-hnk/index.html" target="_blank">CNN</a> and multiple other media outlets.

A man was arrested after opening the emergency exit on a JetBlue flight ready to depart Boston for Puerto Rico on Tuesday night.{ai:summary}<p>A man opened an emergency exit on a flight departing from Boston Logan International Airport, causing panic among passengers. Quick-thinking individuals restrained him until Massachusetts State Police arrived to arrest him, confirming it was an isolated incident. #crime</p>

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