Man In Cockpit Breach Bid: “I Smoked A Lot Of Meth”

The Daily Beast reports:

A man who panicked on a moving plane at LAX, charged to the cockpit, then broke his leg after leaping out of an emergency exit told cops that he’d smoked “a lot” of crystal meth in the days leading up the incident.

Court documents allege that Luis Antonio Victoria Dominguez, 33, leaned over to the passenger next to him and said he was going to attempt an escape from the plane. “I’m serious,” he is said to have whispered in her ear.

The man then ran to the front of the plane and, when he found the cockpit was locked, activated an emergency exit, jumped out, but missed the slide and shattered his leg.

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