Teen jumps out of taxiing plane emergency door

A 17-year-old boy opened the emergency door of a plane minutes after it landed in San Francisco, slid down the wing and jumped onto a tarmac, authorities said. The teen, a US citizen, was flying by himself from Panama City to San Francisco and appeared to be in emotional distress during the flight, said San Francisco airport spokesman Doug Yakel. An airfield construction crew confronted the boy and held him until police arrived and arrested him. He was not injured. Passengers said the teen seemed anxious throughout the flight that he acted so quickly , no one had a chance to stop him. The airline said that a crew member on Copa Airlines Flight 208 closed the door and the plane then taxied to the gate. But a passenger said there was no door to close and a flight attendant blocked the gap with her body.