Airline passenger walked on wing of plane before takeoff

AEROMEXICO BOEING 737-852 XA-AML (MSN 36707)

A man has walked onto the wing of an airplane waiting to take off to Guatemala at the Mexico City International Airport on according to the Associated Press.

However, although the man “opened an emergency exit and walked out on a wing of a plane,” causing the aircraft to be delayed, some of his fellow passengers were not upset with him. AP reported that the plane was an AeroMexico flight to Guatemala that carried 77 passengers. No one was injured because the plane had not yet taken off when the man walked onto the wing.

Video circulated on social media shows the plane in question, with passengers disembarking from it and heading back into the airport. According to the AP, the man was “turned over to police.”

However, he was not without support; in fact, fellow passengers rallied to support the man, AP reported, even circulating a written statement that said he was trying “to protect everyone, with the support of everyone.”

The reason? According to AP, the man’s fellow passengers said the airline “made them wait for four hours without ventilation or water” because of a flight delay caused by a maintenance issue.

“All passengers on the flight from Mexico City to Guatemala, AM 0672, state that the passenger on board who opened the emergency window was for the protection of everyone, with the support of everyone, since the delay and lack of air created dangerous conditions for the health of the passengers,” the passengers’ note read, according to BBC.

The plane was supposed to leave at 8:45 a.m. but didn’t take off until after 2 p.m., according to a flight tracker, Flightradar24.

Aircraft Information:

Airline: Aeromexico

Code: AM/AMX

Aircraft: Boeing 737-852

Registration: XA-AMB

Serial Number: 36703

Engines: 2 x CFMI CFM56-7BE

First Flew: 5th June 2013

Age: 10.6 Yrs.