Originally Posted by NH_Clark

Had a slide deploy several years ago at LAX on a 757 on front door. Scheduled flight was ORD-SAN .. but delay, etc. meant we would hit the noise ban at SAN and diverted to LAX. Announcement came over that pax would be put on a bus from LAX to SAN So, while taxiing to the gate I called Hertz and got a 1-way from LAX to SAN. When we parked I distinctly remember there was no cross check message. Jetbridge positioned to offload from front door (not sure why now thinking about it) and door opened and you could feel the "umph" as the chute deployed between the gate and the jetbridge. Luckily jetbridge operator wasn't hurt.

Took another 45 min to get things cleared away and inspection of jetbridge to ensure it was still functioning. Then they positioned mid-ship and off we went.