A South Korean airline passenger who was asked not to sit in the seat reserved for flight attendants attempted to open the plane’s door mid-flight.
The incident occurred on Nov. 8 during a direct flight from Bangkok, Thailand, to the South Korean capital, when the passenger moved to sit on a member’s jump seat. Korean Air cabin crew.
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Quickly becoming aggressive because he did not appreciate the call to order, the passenger flew into a rage, before trying to open the emergency door, while the airline’s Airbus was in the air, according to Airline Ratings.
With the authorization of the captain, the staff were able to immobilize the angry passenger by placing him in a secure area, according to the same media which specifies that the flight continued without incident.
When the Airbus A330-330 landed at Seoul airport, the passenger was picked up by police, while the South Korean airline reiterated its desire to “maintain a zero-tolerance approach towards behavior that compromises aviation safety.