Updated Tuesday, November 3, 2009 10:24 am TWN, AP

Passenger bolts from Cyprus plane using ramp

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Police in Cyprus say a passenger bolted from an airliner after opening a rear exit and sliding down an emergency chute as it prepared for take off.

Police spokesman Michalis Katsounotos says the 28-year-old sailor, who holds a Greek passport, then jumped the Larnaca airport fence and disappeared.

Katsounotos did not release the man's name before a formal arrest warrant is issued later Sunday on charges of breaking civil aviation safety regulations and entering a prohibited airport space without permission.

The Airbus with 158 passengers aboard was on a scheduled flight to Athens.

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