Man arrested after bolting from plane through emergency exit

Nicosia: A passenger who reportedly dashed from an airliner after opening a rear exit and sliding down an emergency chute as the plane prepared for takeoff has been ordered held for four days.
A Cypriot court on Monday ordered that Moreno Tavaris, a 28-year-old sailor who holds a Greek passport, be detained after the episode aboard a Cyprus Airways jet on Saturday.
A police investigator told the court that Tavaris' action endangered lives and caused an emergency to be declared out of fears of an impending terrorist attack because the president of India was about to fly home after an official visit to Cyprus.
Tavaris, who disappeared after bolting from the plane, was arrested on the roof of a hotel near the airport on Sunday and faces charges of breaking civil aviation safety regulations and entering a prohibited airport space without permission.
A member of Tavaris' family reportedly told Cyprus authorities that the man was under psychiatric treatment.
03/11/09 Xinhua

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