The man who opened the emergency exit door of an Asiana Airlines flight while 700 feet in the air said he did it because he was 'uncomfortable'.
A man who opened a plane's emergency exit door in the middle of a flight said he did it because he was 'uncomfortable'.while his Asiana Airlines flight was still 700 feet above the ground on Friday.
He was arrested after the plane landed in the city of Daegu but officers were unable to reveal a motive, saying: ‘It is difficult to have a normal conversation with him.' Lee, in his 30s, has since told police he did it because he was 'uncomfortable' and 'wanted to get off the plane quickly'. He also told officers he was stressed after losing his job recently, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported today.One of the 194 passengers aboard the flight told Yonhap: ‘It was chaos with people close to the door appearing to faint one by one and flight attendants calling out for doctors on board through broadcasting.The plane landed safely despite the door being wide open ‘I thought the plane was blowing up. I thought I was going to die like this’.
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