

Ī passenger reported that Slater went on the plane's public address system and used his own profanities. As early as August 13, investigators stated none of the dozens of passengers interviewed about the incident had corroborated his account. Port Authority Police concluded Slater's initial account of a confrontation was fabricated. When asked for an apology, the passenger responded with profanity. Despite this, the passenger continued to remove the bag, and in doing so, she hit Slater in the head with the bag. She had been instructed repeatedly to remain seated. Slater claimed that as JetBlue Flight 1052 taxied to a stop, a passenger stood up too early to retrieve her bag from the overhead compartment. His account of the event was not corroborated by others who claimed he hip-checked the woman. Slater claimed to have been injured by a passenger when he instructed her to sit down. He then grabbed and guzzled two beers and exited the plane by deploying the evacuation slide and sliding down it. Steven Slater, a veteran flight attendant announced over the plane's public address system that he had been abused by a passenger and was quitting his job. The JetBlue flight attendant incident occurred after JetBlue Airways Flight 1052, from Pittsburgh to New York City on August 9, 2010, had landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City N274JB, the aircraft involved in the Incident
