Chinese man opens plane door, mistaking handle for handrail!

March 16, 2015 18:36

In a bizarre incident, a Chinese man opened the the emergency exit of an aircraft when it was about to take off, mistaking the door handle for a handrail to steady himself.

The male passenger, aged 42, who was travelling with his wife, was later placed in detention for 10 days for his "mistake", Xinjiang's local news portal iyaxin.com said.

The man and his wife were on a flight on Saturday from an airport in Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang, travelling to Zhengzhou, in Henan province.

He pulled the handle to unlock and opened the door as the Urumqi Airlines plane was preparing for take-off.

"I thought it was just like the handrail on the bus, which I can hold on to by myself if I find myself sitting unsteadily," the man was quoted as saying.

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