A South Korean rider on an Asiana Airlines flight of steps A321 was arrested on Friday after opening the hand brake exit while the aircraft was landing . The airplane took off from Jeju Island and was landing in Daegu , South Korea when the passenger , who has not yet been publicly identified , opened the door while the plane was still 700 feet above primer coat level .
The passenger was cop by local law and admitted to opening the aircraft door but did n’t explain why he did it . The plane landed safely with a amount of 200 masses on the plane at the time of the incident , including 194 passengers , none of whom were seriously wound , but The Daegu Fire Department toldCNN12 masses suffered underage injuries from hyperventilation , and nine of them were sent to the hospitals in Daegu .
“ It was chaos with people close to the door appearing to faint one by one and flight of stairs attendant calling out for doctors on board through broadcasting , ” one 44 - year - onetime passenger toldYonhap . He added , “ I reckon the plane was muck up up . I thought I was going to break down like this . ”
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police force tell the exit that the suspect was not drunk at the time of his arrest saying , “ It is unmanageable to have a normal conversation with him . We will investigate the motif of the offense and punish him . ”
South Korea ’s Ministry of Land , Infrastructure and Transport aver in a statement that an investigating is underway to determine if the passenger was in infraction of the air power law , CNNreported . The jurisprudence state that anyone who does n’t adhere to the Aviation Security Act , which prohibits passengers from opening doors , exits , or equipment inside the aircraft , could be prosecute and receive a sentence of up to 10 year imprisonment .
There is also an investigating underway by an aviation safety executive program into Asiana Airlines to determine if there were problems with the aircraft ’s alimony . air travel expert Geoffrey Thomas of Airline Ratings told CNN the incident was “ very bizarre . ” He extend , “ Technically , it ’s not possible to open those door in flight . ”
When landing , the speed of an A321 aeroplane is roughly 172 mph , and Thomas tell the doorway should n’t have been able to open up into the slipstream . “ It seems implausible that the door could be open in the first place and then against the airstream technically unacceptable , ” he said , “ But somehow or another it has go on . ”
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