Passenger Opens Door During Flight: Chaos Ensues on South Korean Plane

This is what actually happened during a flight of a plane carrying about 200 passengers in South Korea.

In detail, a passenger opened the door of an Asiana Airlines plane carrying 194 passengers before it landed at Daegu International Airport today, Friday, causing 9 passengers to have difficulty breathing, but the plane landed safely, according to officials.

After leaving Jeju Island, the plane was on its way to Daegu, 237 kilometers southeast of the South Korean capital, Seoul, when the door suddenly opened at 12:45 p.m., according to airport officials and sources in the aviation industry.

The plane landed shortly after, with the door still open.

Officials said the plane was about 250 meters above the ground when the door opened, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.

None of the passengers fell from the plane, and no one was harmed, but 12 panicked passengers showed symptoms such as difficulty breathing, and some of them were taken to hospital.

Officials said they were not in serious condition and could have been injured due to hyperventilation.

You didn’t know the reasons

• When the suspect tried to pull the lever to open the exit door, the flight attendants were unable to stop him because the plane was about to descend.
• The police said he was not intoxicated at the time of the arrest, but said nothing about why he did so.
• “It is difficult to have a normal conversation with him,” said an official. “We will investigate the motive and punish him.”
• The police said he was traveling alone.
• Some witnesses said the suspect tried to jump out of the door after it was opened.
• An eyewitness said: “The flight attendants shouted for help from the male passengers, and people clung to him from everywhere and pulled him inside.”
• Among the passengers were 48 elementary and middle school student athletes who were due to compete in a national sporting event on Saturday in the nearby city of Ulsan.
• The mother of one of the students said: “The children shivered and cried in terror. There is no doubt that those sitting near the door were shocked the most.”
• Another 44-year-old passenger said that a door in the middle of the left side of the plane opened with an explosion-like sound about 10 minutes before landing.
• One by one, the passenger said, “It was chaotic, as those close to the door seemed to start fainting, and flight attendants were broadcasting to doctors on the plane, while some were running down the aisle in panic.”
• He said, “I thought the plane was exploding. I thought I was going to die like this.”