Thread: Man being deported leaps from parked jet

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3/7/2006, 4:22 p.m. ET
The Associated Press

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — A man who was being deported to China leaped from a parked Northwest Airlines jet Tuesday in an apparent effort to stay in the United States, authorities said. He was quickly recaptured by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

The incident occurred just before 1 p.m. while Flight 11 to Tokyo and Beijing was parked at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, said Greg Palmore, spokesman for ICE in Detroit.

Immigration officers had placed Yong Zhu, 26, on the plane and were waiting for it to take off when he opened an emergency exit door and jumped, Palmore said. The officers, who were off the plane but standing nearby, saw him fall to the tarmac and quickly took him back into custody, Palmore said.

Zhu was injured in the leap from the Boeing 747 and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, Palmore said. He was being deported for immigration violations.

Wow theres something you don't hear about every day