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A Southwest Airlines passenger opened an emergency exit and climbed onto a plane’s wing while the aircraft was at the gate

Headline from KRDO, on the newest of 2 developments

By Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A man on a Southwest Airlines flight opened an emergency exit door and climbed onto the plane’s wing Sunday while the aircraft was at a gate at New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport, authorities said.

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2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. ‘Incoherent' Southwest Airlines passenger opens emergency exit, climbs onto wing

    Headline from NBC4 Washington ·

  2. Newest

    A Southwest Airlines passenger opened an emergency exit and climbed onto a plane’s wing while the aircraft was at the gate

    Headline from KRDO ·

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16 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC New York

    ‘Incoherent' Southwest Airlines passenger opens emergency exit, climbs onto wing (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    A Southwest Airlines passenger is being evaluated at a hospital after officials say he opened the plane’s emergency exit hatch Sunday night and climbed out onto the wing.

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    ‘Incoherent' SWA passenger opens emergency exit, climbs onto wing (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    A Southwest Airlines passenger is being evaluated at a hospital after officials say he opened the plane’s emergency exit hatch Sunday night and climbed out onto the wing.

  3. KRDO

    A Southwest Airlines passenger opened an emergency exit and climbed onto a plane’s wing while the aircraft was at the gate (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    By Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A man on a Southwest Airlines flight opened an emergency exit door and climbed onto the plane’s wing Sunday while the aircraft was at a gate at New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport, authorities said.

  4. WHDH Boston

    Southwest Airlines passenger opened emergency exit, climbed onto plane’s wing while aircraft was at gate at New Orleans airport, authorities say - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    (CNN) — A man on a Southwest Airlines flight opened an emergency exit door and climbed onto the plane’s wing Sunday while the aircraft was at

  5. KEYT Santa Barbara

    A Southwest Airlines passenger opened an emergency exit and climbed onto a plane’s wing while the aircraft was at the gate | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A man on a Southwest Airlines flight opened an emergency exit door and climbed onto the plane’s wing Sunday while

  6. CNN

    Southwest Airlines passenger opened emergency exit, climbed onto the wing while aircraft at gate in New Orleans (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Police responded to a disturbance on plane in New Orleans when a man climbed on to a planes wing while it was still on a skyway at New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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