Asiana Airlines: Passenger arrested for opening plane door through flight in South Korea

May perhaps 26, 2023

Updated six minutes ago

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Watch: Inside the cabin as the plane’s doors opened mid-flight

A man has been arrested for opening the door of an Asiana Airlines flight upon landing in South Korea.

All 194 passengers survived the flight, which landed safely but with the doors open at Daegu International Airport on Friday.

Some passengers fainted, when other individuals had breathing complications and have been taken to the hospital, neighborhood media reported.

The man in his 30s mentioned he felt suffocated and wanted to get off promptly, Yonhap news agency reported.

Police mentioned the man claimed through questioning that he was below tension soon after losing his job, according to the report.

Flight OZ8124, an Airbus A321-200, took off from Jeju Island at about 11:45 a.m. neighborhood time (03:45 GMT) on Friday.

As it landed about an hour later, a male passenger opened the emergency door when the plane was nevertheless 250 meters from the ground.

A passenger video shared on social media shows a hole on the left side of the plane winding up rows of seated passengers.

The flight attendants failed to quit him as the plane was about to land, witnesses told neighborhood media.

They mentioned the man also attempted to jump out of the plane soon after opening the door.

Passengers described panic on the plane.

“It was chaos with folks close to the door seeming to pass out 1 by 1, and the flight attendants have been calling the plane’s medical doctors more than the air,” 1 44-year-old passenger told Yonhap.

“I believed the plane was blowing up. I believed I was going to die like this,” he added.

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An Asiana Airlines plane landed in Tegu with open doors

Various college-aged youngsters have been also on board, on their way to a weekend sporting occasion.

The mother of 1 of the students told Yonhap: “The youngsters have been shaking, crying and scared.