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Man who opened plane door says he wanted to get off quickly: police
Posted : 2023-05-26 14:54
Updated : 2023-05-28 11:34
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Police arrest a man in his 30s at Daegu International Airport, 237 kilometers southeast of Seoul, May 26, suspected of opening an emergency exit door on an Asiana Airlines plane. Yonhap
Police arrest a man in his 30s at Daegu International Airport, 237 kilometers southeast of Seoul, May 26, suspected of opening an emergency exit door on an Asiana Airlines plane. Yonhap

A passenger who opened a door of an Asiana Airlines plane just before landing at an airport on Friday has told police that he opened the door as he felt suffocated and wanted to get off the aircraft quickly, police officials said Saturday.

On Friday, police detained the 30-something man on suspicions of pulling the door lever after the plane's door suddenly opened about 213 meters above ground right before it landed at Daegu International Airport in Daegu, 237 kilometers southeast of Seoul.

During questioning, the man told officials that he had been under a lot of stress after losing his job recently and that he opened the door because he wanted to get off quickly after feeling suffocated, according to police officials.

Police plan to request for an arrest warrant for the man for allegedly violating the Aviation Security Law after additional questioning.

None of the 194 people aboard the plane fell out or were hurt in Friday's incident, but 12 panicked passengers showed symptoms of breathing difficulty and some of them were taken to a hospital.

The plane was on its way to Daegu after departing from the southern holiday island of Jeju. (Yonhap)
Police arrest a man in his 30s at Daegu International Airport, 237 kilometers southeast of Seoul, May 26, suspected of opening an emergency exit door on an Asiana Airlines plane. Yonhap
Figure An Asiana Airlines aircraft's emergency door is seen open at Daegu International Airport, May 26, after a passenger opened it while the plane, which had departed from Jeju Island, was about to land earlier that day. Yonhap

Police arrest a man in his 30s at Daegu International Airport, 237 kilometers southeast of Seoul, May 26, suspected of opening an emergency exit door on an Asiana Airlines plane. Yonhap
After departing from Jeju Island, an Asiana Airlines plane was on its final approach at Daegu International Airport when a passenger suddenly opened an emergency exit at 12:45 p.m., according to airport officials and industry sources, May 26. Yonhap


Police arrest a man in his 30s at Daegu International Airport, 237 kilometers southeast of Seoul, May 26, suspected of opening an emergency exit door on an Asiana Airlines plane. Yonhap
A passenger is transported to a hospital in Daegu, May 26, after an Asiana Airlines aircraft landed with an emergency door open. Yonhap




 
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