On Friday, South Korean police apprehended a man who caused a stir among passengers on an Asiana Airlines flight when he opened the plane door just moments before it was scheduled to land in Daegu. CDNDigital
Asiana Airlines’ Airbus A321 plane, of which a passenger opened a door on a flight shortly before the aircraft landed, is pictured at an airport in Daegu, South Korea May 26, 2023. Yonhap via REUTERSplane minutes before it was due to land in the city of Daegu, causing panic among the passengers, officials said.
“I thought the plane was going to explode … It looked like passengers next to the open door were fainting,” an unidentified 44-year-old passenger told the Yonhap News Agency. A transport ministry official told Reuters that authorities were looking into whether Asiana Airlines had followed protocols to manage emergency exits.
The plane was two or three minutes away from landing when the male passenger sitting next to an emergency exit opened a cover and pulled a lever so the door opened with the plane about 200 metres off the ground, an Asiana spokesperson said.
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