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JetBlue attendant flips out at JFK, flees through emergency chute

Coffee, tea or — I’m out of here!

A crazed JetBlue flight attendant who lost his cool after a flight from Pittsburgh landed at JFK Airport today hurled obscenities at passengers over the airliner’s public address system and then deployed the emergency chute to make a dramatic escape.

Steven Slater, the attendant-turned-wingnut, dashed from the tarmac to his silver Jeep Wrangler parked in an employee lot and raced home to Belle Harbor, where he was arrested by Port Authority cops.

Slater, 39, was charged with criminal mischief and reckless endangerment.

The meltdown was preceded by an argument with a passenger, who sources said told Slater “to f— off” after being told by Slater not to remove baggage from the overhead compartment.

The passenger insisted on opening the overhead compartment, hitting Slater in the head with the door as it dropped down.

After the plane landed and pulled up to Gate 3 at the JetBlue terminal, and as passengers began moving to the door, sources said Slater got on the public address system and launched into a tirade.

“To the f—-ing ass—- that told me to f— off, it’s been a good 28 years!” Slater bellowed, according to law enforcement sources.

But that wasn’t the end of it. In a move fitting for an action flick, Slater grabs a can of beer from the airline galley then pops the lever for the airliner’s inflatable chute and slides down to the tarmac outside the terminal door.

First Officer Scott Bienz — who heard Slater’s tirade from the restroom — told investigators he tried to block the enraged flight attendant from getting to the emergency chute, but was uanble to hold him back.

About 100 passengers were aboard the flight that departed Pittsburgh at 10:30 a.m. yesterday aboard the Embraer 190 airliner.

Slater, who on his Facebook page places his home as Thousand Oaks, Calif., lists “fashion, interior decorating, spirituality and recovery among his interests.” The only book he references is “Alcoholics Anonymous, Twelve and Twelve.”

JetBlue put out a statement today confirming that an evacuation slide was deployed after the airliner arrived at the gate at JFK, adding that there were no injuries and all passengers safely exited through the jetway.

“At this time, we are working with the FAA and the Port Authorithy of New York and New Jersey to investigate the incident,” the statement read.

Friends of Slater’s in his beachfront Belle Harbor neighborhood were shocked to hear about the incident.

“I can’t believe Steve’s on the run,” said Bruce Babasso, 65. “He’s like OJ Simpson. He must have snapped.”

“He must have had the JetBlue blues,” quipped Babasso.

Babasso’s wife Janet said she couldn’t imagine what would have made Slater snap.

“He’s a doll. What could have provoked that? He’s the sweetest, mellowest guy I ever met,” said Janet Babasso. “I cannot picture him sliding down a chute!”

The Babassos said Slater’s father died two years ago from ALS, also known as Lou Gherig’s Disease. His mother, they said, has cancer and has been told she has less than two months to live.