Story highlights The man jumped out while the plane was preparing for takeoff

He tried to bite a flight attendant, according to the criminal complaint

(CNN) Luckily, the plane had not taken off.

An airline passenger was arrested Thursday after he tried to bite a flight attendant, opened the galley door and jumped from the plane to the tarmac at a North Carolina airport, federal air marshals said in a criminal complaint.

Authorities say that because Tun Lon Sein speaks little English, they don't know why he made such a ruckus. He went into court Friday, but the hearing was postponed because the Thai interpreter could not speak Karin, a language of lower Myanmar, according to docket information.

Sein was seated on American Airlines flight 5242 Thursday when the plane began to taxi away from the terminal at Charlotte Douglas International Airport to prepare for takeoff, the criminal complaint said.

The plane is a Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jet, according to the airport website.

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