A veteran Delta Air Lines flight attendant accidentally activated an emergency evacuation slide on a parked Airbus A220 at Pittsburgh International Airport on Saturday evening. The incident resulted in approximately $70,000 in damages and temporarily trapped passengers onboard until engineers intervened.
According to Delta, the incident happened as the aircraft was preparing for departure to Atlanta. The crew was performing the standard procedure of arming the cabin doors before pushback. Moments later, the forward flight attendant mistakenly lifted the door handle while the system was still armed, triggering the automatic slide deployment mechanism.
