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NEW YORK (AP) - New York City prosecutors have filed criminal charges against an air traveler who got fed up waiting on the tarmac at Kennedy Airport, and tried to open a jet door and get out. Authorities said 60-year-old Robert McDonald, of England, faces reckless endangerment charges for opening an emergency exit hatch as the plane waited out an hours-long delay at JFK.

Flight attendants stopped him from fully opening the door and activating the emergency chute.

McDonald is awaiting arraignment in Queens.

Prosecutors said the problem happened Sunday night aboard a Delta flight waiting to go to Las Vegas.

McDonald was arrested by Port Authority Officers. There was no immediate information on his attorney. 
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