As a plane was taxiing on the tarmac at Pearson airport, a woman screamed that the emergency door was open — and then a man jumped out.

Sunwing flight WG383 from Varadero, Cuba had just landed early Monday morning when the man decided to “make an early exit,” according to an announcement made by a flight attendant in a passenger video from the incident.

“He just opened the door and jumped out,” Const. Fiona Thivierge of Peel Regional Police said. “Only he can explain why he did that.”

The man apparently wasn’t hurt when he hurled himself out the emergency exit, landing on the tarmac.

“My understanding is that he had not shown any bizarre behaviour on the way in,” Thivierge said.

He was calmed down by workers on the tarmac until police arrived, she said.

“They did a fantastic job maintaining control of the individual and deescalating the situation until we arrived,” Thivierge added.

Ian Sansom, a passenger on the flight, said that after the man jumped, a flight attendant ran to the front of the plane and pressed a button. Passengers didn't hear an alarm go off and the plane continued to roll down the tarmac for another 30 to 45 seconds before it stopped, he said. A flight attendant told everyone to remain seated.

Passengers were kept waiting on the tarmac for around an hour. At one point, a flight attendant made an announcement asking that anyone “travelling with the individual that chose to make an early exit, would you come identify yourself to one of the crew members." At least one person came forward.

The man, who is 32 and from Toronto, was handcuffed by police and taken to a hospital. He was arrested under the Mental Health Act.

A similar incident happened Monday after witnesses said a passenger on an Alaska Airlines flight tried to open an emergency exit as the plane was about to land in Portland, Oregon.

Passengers helped restrain the man using seat-belt extensions and three sets of shoelaces, which were used to bind the passenger’s legs.

With files from The Associated Press