Man on 50-Day Drinking Binge Makes Unwise Decision to Open Plane Door During Landing

by Mike Richard

There are some doors that are not meant to be opened by the average person, and airplane doors are a prime example. But one man who’d reportedly been drinking for 50 days straight threw all those rules right out the window (or door?) when the Delta flight he was on from Boston landed in Salt Lake City last night. According to witnesses, he tried to pry open the plane’s rear door during the landing process.

According to the FBI affidavit filed last night, the man had been visiting the Ukraine to build a house, but when that plan didn’t pan out, he got rip-roaring drunk instead.

Naturally, hilarity ensued …

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Vagabondish founding editor, Mike Richard, is a Rhode Island native, professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person. His professional credits include "Woman's World magazine contributor" and having once been interviewed by Tyra Banks (seriously).