An elderly passenger has been arrested and detained in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong for endangering the safety of an aircraft, after he tried opened an emergency exit as the plane sat on the tarmac
In an apparent attempt to beat the queue to disembark, the passenger, identified by his surname Song, opened an emergency door near his seat after his flight from the northern city of Jinan in Shandong province to Putuo near Shanghai landed. The 65-year-old Song said that it was his first time to fly and he wasn't aware of the safety protocols, despite clear warnings posted around the emergency exit, according to The Paper, a Chinese news publication.
Passengers spend 14 hours stuck on grounded flight 00:41Repeated incidentsThe incident is far from the first report of Chinese passengers behaving badly on board planes. In recent years, state media has detailed numerous dramatic incidents involving irate passengers, ranging from blocking moving aircraft on an active runway to fistfights with airport employees.
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