Passenger Opens Emergency Exit Mid-Air, Wind Rips Through

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A passenger opened an emergency exit on an Asiana Airlines flight as it was preparing to land Friday, the carrier told AFP, adding that the plane landed safely but several people were hospitalised.

The Airbus A321-200 was carrying nearly 200 passengers as it approached the runway at Daegu International Airport, about 240 kilometres (149 miles) southeast of Seoul, on a domestic flight.

When the plane was still about 200 meters (650 feet) above the ground, a passenger sitting near the emergency exit “opened the door manually by touching the lever”, the South Korean carrier’s representative told AFP.

South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported that nine people were hospitalised.

“The passenger has been taken to the police and is under questioning” to find out why they opened the door, Asiana said.

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