The former Jet Blue employee who famously quit his job by saying ‘I’ve had it. That’s it’ over the PA system and slid out of the plane’s emergency chute in 2010, has been reported missing in Mexico.
Steven Slater gained viral fame for his profanity-laced tirade and bizarre exit.
But he was reported missing on Tuesday in Tijuana, according to the Chula Vista Police Department in California, as per TMZ.
His friends pleaded with the public days prior seeking help in locating him, saying they haven’t been able to get in touch with Slater since Sunday.
He had just moved to Tijuana a week ago and shared snaps of his new city on Facebook, but hasn’t been heard from or seen all week.
California police have notified Mexican authorities that Slater is missing.
Ex-Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater gained fame in 2010 for quitting his job and sliding out the plane’s emergency chute has been reported missing in Mexico
He had reportedly moved to Tijuana last week and was last known to be going sightseeing Sunday night when he disappeared
Slater skyrocketed to fame when he got into an argument with a passenger on a flight from Pittsburgh that had just landed in New York City on August 9, 2010 that resulted in him quitting on the spot and exiting via the emergency chute
Footage from his bizarre exit show him opening the emergency door to flee the aircraft
He was reportedly last seen Sunday evening walking around the San Ysidro border.
In his last Facebook post on Sunday he said he was going to visit a monument in the city.
He was reported missing by someone in New York, but it’s not clear why the that person contacted Chula Vista police because Slater had no connection to that town.
The officer took a missing person report and entered it into the National Missing Persons Database so if Slater crosses the border again, they will be notified, according to The Blast.
Police are also creating a flier with the former flight attendant’s picture to send to Mexican police for circulation.
Slater was last seen in near the San Ysidro border in Mexico. His friends say that he had moved to Tijuana, Mexico last week but he hasn’t been seen or heard from since Sunday
In his 2010 rant he took over the plane’s intercom system after a passenger smacked him and said: ‘Slater then took over the plane’s intercom system and said: ‘To the f**king a**hole who told me to f**k off, it’s been a good 28 years. I’ve had it, that’s it’
His friends have shared posts on Facebook asking for help in locating Slater.
‘Hello every one my friend Steven Slater has gone missing since Sunday after work his last where about were in El Centro of san ysidro border somewhere near the arch no one has seen or heard from him since then and he hasn’t been to his house. Please if you know any thing about him or where he is please let me know his friends and family are worried,’ one friend shared online.
‘Please share! My friend Steven Slater has been missing since Sunday. He was last seen Sunday night walking around San Ysidro Border. Very worried about him,’ another added.
Slater, an experienced flight attendant, skyrocketed to fame nine years ago when he got into an argument with a passenger on a flight from Pittsburgh that had just landed in New York City on August 9, 2010.
Following the 2010 incident he moved to San Diego and kept a low profile
His friends and family have shared posts on social media asking for help in locating him
His friends say he was last seen at the San Ysidro border in Mexico
The passenger supposedly wanted to get her luggage from an overhead compartment as the plane was taxiing, leading him to tell her to sit down.
Instead of listening, the feisty passenger smacked him and he demanded an apology. When she refused, he launched his outraged tirade.
Slater then took over the plane’s intercom system and said: ‘To the f**king a**hole who told me to f**k off, it’s been a good 28 years. I’ve had it, that’s it.’
Then he grabbed a couple beers off the flight’s drink cart, deployed the emergency exit chute, and smoothly sit down to the tarmac, and drove home.
Cops later found him in bed with his boyfriend at a beachfront home in Rockaways and arrested him and charged with criminal mischief and reckless endangerment.
Following the flight scandal and his court proceedings he moved to San Diego and kept a low profile.