A passenger opened a door on an Asiana Airlines flight that later landed safely at a South Korean airport Friday, airline and government officials said.
Some people on board tried to stop the person from opening the door but it was eventually opened partially, the Transport Ministry said.
The plane with 194 people was heading to the southeastern city of Daegu from the southern island of Jeju. The flight is normally about an hour, and how long the door was open wasn't immediately disclosed.
Police detained the unidentified person who opened the door, the airline said. Their motive wasn't immediately known.
The passengers included teenage athletes who plan to attend track and field competitions in Ulsan, another southeastern city.
The incident terrified some passengers but no one was injured, though some passengers were assessed at a hospital, Asiana and Transport Ministry officials said.
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WA4TKG
Sounds like he / she (not mentioned in the article, deliberately it seems) was trying to jump.
Unless they were at a significant altitude, there wouldn't be any de-pressurization...they're just going to fall out.
Unfortunately, this may now set a new trend in South Korea, let's hope not.
ian
Thought it was the toilet
Yubaru
Sorry but, so? There were also a bunch of mothers and fathers and single folks, and elderly on board too it seems. Head scratching here?
Eastman
and Darwin prize goes to...guy on stretcher!
yay!
garypen
You'd think maybe they would have been able to subdue and stop this doofus.
ian
Maybe the writer was trying to connect it to the fact gender of the perpetrator was unknown/undetermined but was edited
Mr Kipling
Must have been very early in the flight before pressurization as afterwards, opening the door is impossible.
WA4TKG
The one on the stretcher is an ambulance chaser type, they have ‘em in Korea too.
Luddite
I bet he wanted to have a smoke.
garypen
It was actually late in the flight, during the landing descent, approximately 250m off the ground.
Here's is what it looked like inside the aircraft, after the door was already opened, the wind buffeting those poor passengers seated next to the open door:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65705276
yamada1043
Mental illness at its worst. thanks
kurisupisu
I always have my seatbelt fastened during the flight for eventualities such as these
theFu
I do, but this isn't ever on my list of things to worry about. I'm more concerned with turbulence throwing me and others around the cabin, breaking bones.
Perhaps this person is bipolar and didn't get their normal meds earlier?