Air passenger in China feels stuffy, opens emergency latch for fresh air

May 01, 2018 19:57

A Chinese man has been detained after he opened the emergency exit on a plane as he felt "stuffy" while waiting to disembark.

The man, identified only by his surname Chen, was waiting to leave the flight at Mianyang airport in the southwestern province of Sichuan when he decided he could do with some fresh air.

Unfortunately for him, the handle he pulled was attached to the emergency exit and not only did the hatch come free from the plane, but it also activated the escape slide, the Hong Kong- based South China Morning Post reported quoting a Thepaper.cn report yetaerday.

Chen, 25, who was returning from the island of Hainan, insisted he did not know that it was an escape route, adding: "Because it was so stuffy, so hot on the plane, I just pushed down on the window handle beside me. When the door fell out, I panicked."

The crew alerted police and he was detained for 15 days for the unauthorised removal of aviation facilities. He will also be fined 70,000 yuan (USD 11,000) to cover the airline's costs.

The airline, which was not named in the report, said it would cooperate with public security agencies in their investigation.

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