Asiana Airways: A passenger was arrested for opening the aircraft door throughout a flight to South Korea

A person has been arrested for opening the door of an Asiana Airways aircraft because it was touchdown in South Korea.

All 194 individuals on board survived the flight, which landed safely however its door remained open at Daegu Worldwide Airport on Friday.

Native media reported that a few of the passengers fainted whereas others suffered from respiratory issues and have been taken to hospital.

Yonhap information company reported that the person, in his 30s, stated he felt suffocated and needed to get off rapidly.

Police stated the person claimed throughout his interrogation that he was burdened after dropping his job, in line with the report.

Flight OZ8124, an Airbus A321-200, took off from Jeju Island on Friday round 11:45 native time (03:45 GMT).

When it was touchdown about an hour later, a passenger opened the emergency door whereas the aircraft was nonetheless 250 meters off the bottom.

A passenger video shared on social media reveals a gaping gap within the left facet of the aircraft and winds pounding the rows of seated passengers.

Eyewitnesses instructed native media that the flight attendants have been unable to cease him as a result of the aircraft was about to land.

They stated the person additionally tried to leap out of the aircraft after opening the door.

Passengers described panic on board.

“It was chaos as individuals close to the door appeared to faint one after the other, and the flight attendants have been calling out to the medical doctors on board by means of radio broadcasts,” a 44-year-old passenger instructed Yonhap Information Company.

“I believed the aircraft was going to blow up. I believed I used to be going to die like this,” he added.

A number of school-age kids have been additionally on board, on their approach to a sporting occasion that weekend.

“The youngsters have been shaking, crying and afraid,” the mom of one of many college students instructed Yonhap.