Criminal charges have been laid against a 26-year-old passenger who was found hiding in the cockpit of a JetBlue plane at one of the busiest airports in the US . Ground crew encountered the man about 30 minutes after JetBlue flight 810 landed at New York ’ s John F Kennedy International Airport from Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic . He stayed behind while other passengers disembarked following the four-hour flight and then entered the flight deck , where he was sat by the window when he was discovered yesterday . The New Jersey man was found hiding in the cockpit of a JetBlue Airbus A321 ( different airline pictured ) Ground crew removed the New Jersey man from the Airbus A321 and turned him over to officers from the Port Authority Police Department , the airline said in a statement . He was discovered shortly after 2:15am , and claimed he was hiding from a group of people who wanted to beat him up , local media reported . While he was being removed from the plane he opened an alarm door , but never made it through or escaped the airline workers who were escorting him , NBC New York reported . The man was taken to New York ’ s Jamaica Hospital Medical Center for observation and then released into the custody of police . JetBlue flight 810 landed at JFK Airport after a four-hour journey from Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic . Jarrett Stroud , from Atlantic City , was charged with third-degree criminal trespassing , CBS New York reported . In 2013 , a French man was discovered in the cockpit of a US Airways plane in Philadelphia . He unsuccessfully sought a seat upgrade on the Florida-bound flight and used a fraudulent Air France ID card to gain access to the cockpit . The card belonged to a former employee . The man was arrested after he was found in the jump seat behind the pilots ’ chairs .
Man stayed behind while other passengers disembarked at JFK Airport . Airbus A321 had just flown in from Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic . Ground crew removed the man and turned him over to police .