Man jumps out of plane onto tarmac in Ft. Lauderdale!!!


FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A passenger on a commercial flight jumped out of the airplane as it prepared to take off today from Fort Lauderdale.

The Broward Sheriff's Office says the man was detained on the tarmac by officers who used a stun gun to subdue him.

The flight crew told authorities he ran up the aisle, banged on the cockpit and then jumped out of a door onto the tarmac. He was taken to a hospital.

Authorities say he will be arrested once he's out of the hospital.

Continental flight 408 was headed from the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport to a Newark, N.J. airport. The flight had been delayed after passengers boarded because of weather conditions on the flight path.

The plane was carrying 116 passengers and a crew of five.