Still not a good idea to try opening a emergency door in mid flight.

[AIRwin]

Almost exactly 10 years ago:

Not a good idea to try opening a emergency door in mid flight.

Passenger tries to open emergency exit door on flight - Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - An Arizona man on an Alaska Airlines flight from Anchorage to Portland tried to open the emergency row exit door as the plane descended into Portland, officials said...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

And now:

Asiana Airlines: Passenger arrested for opening plane door during South Korea flight

The Asiana Airlines plane landed safely in South Korea after a passenger forced open an emergency door.

www.bbc.com

 

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Video

 

[Scarlett]

I don’t really understand why this would be Asiana’s problem. The door functioned the way it is designed to and last time I checked ‘pre-crime’ was just a movie thing, so not sure what the cabin crew were supposed to do to prevent it.

From the ABC article sourced from Reuters/AP:
A transport ministry official told Reuters that authorities were looking into whether Asiana Airlines had followed protocols to manage emergency exits.

The official said it was possible to open the emergency exit when the aircraft was near the ground as the pressure inside and outside the cabin were similar.

The plane was about 200 metres in the air and two or three minutes away from landing when the passenger, who was sitting next to the emergency exit, opened a cover and pulled a lever so the door opened, an Asiana spokesperson said.

All onboard were seated with their seat belts fastened because the plane was about to land, the spokesperson said.

After the incident, pictures showed an open emergency door near the plane's left wing and a deployed escape slide ripped away from it.

Sohn Myong-hwan, a professor at South Korea's Sehan University's aviation maintenance department, said it would be difficult for the airline to avoid potential responsibility in the case.

"It is particularly dangerous during landing and take-off, so someone from the flight staff should have stopped that passenger," he said.

 

[Himeno]

 

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@Himeno
Appears that the fellow in the dark blue shirt look like Sam Chui

 

[MEL_Traveller]

if - according to the article posted by scarlett above - the plane was at 200 metres and still two to three minutes before touchdown… i’d suggest asiana has a LOT more to worry about than someone opening the door!!!

 

[AIRwin]

Failed attempt:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/south-korea-jeju-air-door-intl-hnk/index.html