The nearly 200 passengers of a South Korean Asiana airline plane that was about to land in Daegu, just over 200 kilometers from Seoul, panicked on Friday when a man opened an emergency door before landing.
The Airbus A321-200 bound for Daegu International Airport landed without problems but a dozen passengers were taken to hospital with various, albeit minor, injuries.
when the plane I was about 200 meters above the grounda passenger who was sitting near the emergency exit “opened the door manually by tapping the lever,” a South Korean company representative said.
passengers they had difficulty breathing after the door unexpectedly opened, and some of them were taken to hospital after landing, but there are no serious injuries, Asiana said.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said nine people were hospitalized.
“The passenger was handed over to the police and is interrogated” to clarify his motives, Asiana added.
Yonhap released a short video of the crash showing wind blowing through the open door mid-flight, wildly whipping passengers’ hair as some screamed.
Another video shared on social media showed passengers sitting in the emergency row next to an open door, buffeted by strong winds.
The two passengers, wearing seat belts, gasped and grabbed the armrests, trying to get away from the door.
Source: Clarin
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