An Asiana Airways airplane is parked as one of many airplane’s doorways immediately opened at Daegu Worldwide Airport in Daegu, South Korea, Friday, Could 26, 2023.
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An Asiana Airways airplane is parked as one of many airplane’s doorways immediately opened at Daegu Worldwide Airport in Daegu, South Korea, Friday, Could 26, 2023.
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SEOUL, South Korea — A passenger opened an emergency exit door throughout a South Korean flight Friday, inflicting air to gust contained in the cabin earlier than the airplane landed safely, airline and authorities officers mentioned.
Some individuals aboard the Asiana Airways Airbus A321 plane tried to cease the individual from opening the door but it surely was ultimately opened partially, the Transport Ministry mentioned.
The airplane with 194 individuals was heading to the southeastern metropolis of Daegu from the southern island of Jeju. The flight is generally about an hour, and particulars of the incident, together with how lengthy the door was open, had been below investigation, in accordance with Asiana Airways.
Video footage apparently taken by an individual on board that was posted on social media present some passengers’ hair being whipped by the air blowing into the cabin by way of the open door.
Police detained the unidentified one who opened the door, the airline mentioned. Their motive wasn’t instantly identified.
The passengers included teenage athletes who plan to attend monitor and discipline competitions in Ulsan, one other southeastern metropolis.
The incident terrified some passengers however nobody was injured, although some passengers had been assessed at a hospital, Asiana and Transport Ministry officers mentioned.
