A passenger opened the emergency door of Flight OZ8124 carrying 194 passengers when it was in midair. Some passengers fainted and some experienced breathing difficulties, but all survived. The man was arrested after plane landed safely.

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[u/SingleSpeed27]

I’d assume this man won’t be allowed on the airplane next time.

[u/wbsgrepit → u/SingleSpeed27]

Flight attendant: “Sir are you willing and able to operate the door in case of an emergency?”

Passenger: “more than willing and able”

[u/313802 → u/wbsgrepit]

YOU WANT I SHOULD OPERATE IT NOW

[u/NsDoValkyrie → u/313802]

I really like that this is just a definitive statement and not a question.

[u/313802 → u/NsDoValkyrie]

Lol

[u/tommytraddles → u/313802]

Why does he talk like he's...uh, from Brooklyn?

[u/raa__va → u/313802]

Attendant: no
Crazy guy: NOW
Attendant: I said nooooo
Crazy guy: you said NOW?

[u/Hiiigh_Priestess → u/313802]

That's SO Arizona

[u/Assortedark74 → u/wbsgrepit]

Guy: I’m self taught in passenger door opening

[u/coconuty04 → u/Assortedark74]

"Self trained in the proper use and handling of emergency avionics equipment, resulting in a 0% loss of life or equipment during critical operations

[u/Blu_Falcon → u/coconuty04]

I, too, have written many of my own NCOERs.

[u/partybynight → u/Blu_Falcon]

Username checks out

[u/HavingNotAttained → u/SingleSpeed27]

He might be, if he sends a box of pears and a really heartfelt-sounding note to the airline's CEO.

[u/MoistyWiener → u/HavingNotAttained]

Speaking from experience? (Unless it’s a reference I don’t get)

[u/RaisingCanes4POTUS → u/MoistyWiener]

It’s a Korean culture thing. We send boxes of pears as gifts

[u/sweetwilds → u/RaisingCanes4POTUS]

We need to extend this to America. I would love to get a box of pears as a gift!!

[u/Alan_Smithee_ → u/sweetwilds]

You have to fuck up a plane first.

[u/jophats → u/Alan_Smithee_]

“I didn’t do anything, bro! No one died, bro. Don’t touch me, I’m not arrested, bro, I didn’t do anything! It was a joke!”

[u/Alan_Smithee_ → u/jophats]

“Brandon, Hillary, and Obama did it!”

[u/spillblood → u/Alan_Smithee_]

You forgot Hunter lol.

[u/Alan_Smithee_ → u/spillblood]

No, Hunter doesn’t do anything. It’s his laptop, and his monster Dong.

[u/bdbdbd99 → u/Alan_Smithee_]

I've fucked up a plane's bathroom pretty badly... does that count?

[u/nomis000 → u/bdbdbd99]

Next time, don't eat so many pears.

[u/sm1ttysm1t → u/bdbdbd99]

You can have apples.

[u/manny_soou → u/Alan_Smithee_]

Fuck around and pear out

[u/alargersmallhelping → u/sweetwilds]

It’s a thing for me Harry and David’s.

[u/Kindly_Bored → u/alargersmallhelping]

Ngl, I'm a sucker for some Harry and David's. Will 100% accept apology.

[u/AzraelChaosEater → u/sweetwilds]

Is the fruit interchangeable though? Don't get me wrong pears are nice but have y'all considered plums recently?

[u/HavingNotAttained → u/AzraelChaosEater]

No one gives plums after a plane crash, David.

[u/supresmooth → u/sweetwilds]

We got some of the best pears of my life as a Christmas gift from a regular customer at the coffee shop I worked at. That lead me to gifting those same pears to a friend for Christmas years later.

[u/PossessedToSkate → u/supresmooth]

those same pears ... years later

Eww.

[u/supresmooth → u/PossessedToSkate]

Yes, we pooped them out and shaped the poop into pear-shapes and gifted the poop pears.

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They were Harry & David pears and you can order them online

[u/Slw202 → u/sweetwilds]

As long as they're Harry & David's! Lol

[u/TheGuyYouHeardAbout → u/sweetwilds]

I've given and received a box of pears as an American. Though it isn't a common thing.

[u/ManicPixieOldMaid → u/RaisingCanes4POTUS]

What about dried persimmons? I saw that in a kdrama once and I really want to try one!

[u/RisingPhoenix5271 → u/ManicPixieOldMaid]

Yes people do this. Any table fruit really. Grapefruit, oranges, those are good as well. It’s even better when you grew the fruit tree yourself in your yard and you give the best ones to the person.

[u/bobarley → u/SingleSpeed27]

I assume that every person on that plan got to punch him in the face as they left.

[u/sanddryer → u/SingleSpeed27]

Well have to sit in the middle seat of the exit row instead of the window as his penalty

[u/[deleted] → u/SingleSpeed27]

Lmao assuming he isn't charged with terrorism or something and thrown in a jail for the rest of his life.

[u/OrionTales1 → u/[deleted]]

Did anyone thought, the pressure would have sucked people out of the plane?

[u/mo-noob → u/OrionTales1]

The plane was close to landing so the outside pressure was not so different from cabin pressure. That is why the door opened. If it was above 10,000 feet it would have not opened without depressurizing the cabin.

[u/DavidClearview → u/mo-noob]

Thank god

[u/bubblesound_modular → u/mo-noob]

also above 10K ft and the door would not have been able to be opened at all. they can only open when the air pressure in and out is fairly equal

[u/TheCosmicPopcorn → u/bubblesound_modular]

Ah that was my doubt, I was like, this man is superhuman, how on earth did he achieve that

[u/Rdan5112 → u/OrionTales1]

They were within a few thousand feet off the ground. There was no pressure difference. That's why he was able to open the door.

It was windy and loud; but that's it.

[u/Expensive-Crab7701 → u/SingleSpeed27]

Ever

[u/iFoegot]

This happened in South Korea earlier today. The flight was from Jeju airport to Daegu airport. News report: BBC.

[u/snakepatay → u/iFoegot]

I thought it was impossible because of the pressure while in the air?! this is crazy!!

[u/Mean_Baker9931 → u/snakepatay]

At altitude sure.
But this was at 250M. So pressure was equalized between the outside and the interior.

[u/dumpmaster42069 → u/Mean_Baker9931]

The cabin prepessurizes .5 psi when the power comes up for takeoff. Should still be quite difficult. Half pound doesn’t sound like much, but it’s ~1200 square inches

[u/olivegardengambler → u/dumpmaster42069]

Wait, I thought that the emergency exit doors on an airplane open outwards. That means if you pull the latch, you have an extra 600 lb of force wanting to push that door out.

[u/No-Significance1488 → u/olivegardengambler]

Most of the time they open inwards first, even if they go up or out.

[u/HighAltitudeBrake → u/No-Significance1488]

depends on the manufacturer. Boeing is like that with their plug style doors, but the airbus a319/320 is not, those doors just hinge out if memory serves, its been a while. worked as an A&P mech for a few years in my 20s

[u/LtVich → u/HighAltitudeBrake]

It's a common misconception that Airbus and B777/787 doors aren't plug type, but they actually are. They open upwards then outwards which still achieves the same goal but without the whole inward moving part.

[u/Snapstromegon → u/olivegardengambler]

Yes and no. You always have to pull them in a little bit, but then they shift and move outwards. This is for the door mechanism to "fail safe" which in case of an airplane at altitude is to keep the door shut. You can see it in this training video https://youtu.be/IB8Ne3Vq-2c That short moment of lever pulling has a very minimal inward movement. It's even more clear here: https://youtu.be/VOb3RojhHkU

[u/Honest-Mall-8721 → u/olivegardengambler]

No, in general emergency exits open inward. Partially a safety feature to stop things like this.

[u/trimbandit → u/Mean_Baker9931]

Some passengers fainted and some experienced breathing difficulties

If that is the case (250m), why would this happen? I have been in small planes at 10000 feet or less with the door open and there should be no issue with breathing unless I am missing something.

[u/Matsisuu → u/trimbandit]

Maybe got scared, panic attack etc., or speed affected pressure.

Edit: Or health issues.

[u/TN_Runner → u/Matsisuu]

yeah, someone opens the door on my plane in flight I'm absolutely going to have breathing difficulties and/or faint lol.

[u/Words_are_Windy → u/TN_Runner]

Especially because most of the people in the plane won't be able to immediately identify what happened, just that there's currently a large hole in the fuselage that shouldn't be there and wind whipping around at a couple hundred mph.

[u/A37ndrew → u/Words_are_Windy]

That sounds like an excellent time to pass out!

[u/OddResponsibility565 → u/TN_Runner]

You ever blow across the top of a water bottle and the water comes up and out? This action, same with that door, creates a vacuum in the enclosed space so it is very likely the occupants were struggling to breathe with the vacuum created by air rushing past the opening at 300mph

[u/ErieSpirit → u/OddResponsibility565]

the occupants were struggling to breathe with the vacuum created by air rushing past the opening at 300mph.

I don't mean to quibble here, but they were 700 feet up about to land, so their air speed would have been about half that. I mean, that is still like a CAT 5 hurricane though, pretty violent. Still, it would not have created a vacuum in the plane enough to cause difficulty breathing.

Now, on to your water bottle analogy relative to a vacuum being created in the plane. That might have an effect with a water bottle because you are accelerating the air with your mouth relative to the surrounding air. What was going on outside the plane door would be very complex based on diverted airflow around the plane. The effective air pressure outside that door could have been higher than inside the plane. We don't know. Extending your theory would mean a car driving down say the Autobahn with a window open would suffocate the driver.

Another note, the SOP for evacuating smoke from an airplane cabin involves opening a door. The procedure is to make sure the fire is out, descend below 10,000ft, equalize cabin pressure, disarm emergency slide, Crack open a door or two. Obviously if this would cause enough of a vacuum to hurt people, it would not be an SOP. Also, I don't recall the crew of the DB Cooper plane having breathing issues, or skydivers.

[u/FantasticPear → u/Matsisuu]

I most certainly would have fainted and/or had a massive panic attack.

[u/Tay74 → u/trimbandit]

You know when you're in a car with the window open, and you're going fast down a motorway or whatever, and you get absolutely blasted in the face by the wind coming in? Imaging that but waaaayyyy worse. If you were right in the blast zone breathing that high velocity air would be pretty difficult

[u/LostWorldliness9664 → u/trimbandit]

You're missing the fact people come in all shapes, sizes and .. importantly .. ages. Just within 20-30 people you're likely to find one with asthma for example. CLPD. An elderly person on oxygen. There is huge variety in human life bub.

[u/thenightgaunt → u/snakepatay]

The plane was only 250m from ground and was slowing to land. I wonder if that's why it worked? Commercial jets are usually at 500+ MPH, but they drop down to only 150 MPH when landing.

[u/BastardsCryinInnit → u/snakepatay]

It was only 250m from the ground coming into land so not a 35,000ft type pressurised situation, and this Airbus has semi plug doors.

With a strong rotation of the door handle in the direction of the arrow, yeah, you prolly could open it.

[u/navigationallyaided → u/BastardsCryinInnit]

The emergency slides would have deployed almost instaneously as well. Airbuses have a separate mechanism to arm the slides. But the Boeing 737 - it’s the only plane where the cabin crew needs to manually operate a firing pin to arm/disarm the slides before opening/after closing the doors.

[u/greenpoisonivyy → u/snakepatay]

It was only 250m in the air as it was landing

[u/saveyboy → u/snakepatay]

Depends on the altitude I believe.

[u/ParamedicCareful3840 → u/snakepatay]

They were nearly landed, so no pressurization at such a low altitude

[u/Wiscody → u/ParamedicCareful3840]

Mustve had to make their connection

[u/entredeuxeaux]

New fear unlocked

[u/CurlyJester23 → u/entredeuxeaux]

And another reminder to keep my seatbelt on even if it’s “safe” to be off. You just don’t know what will happen.

[u/DoggishPrince → u/CurlyJester23]

The door won’t be able to open if you’re at altitude, this was very low

[u/dakkadakkapewpewboom → u/entredeuxeaux]

"Wear your seat belt, even when the sign is not lit"

Going to side eye all the door passengers now.

[u/HolographicMochi → u/entredeuxeaux]

Same, I liked picking the emergency row for the extra leg room and no one reclining into my face. I would not want a front row seat to doom.

[u/lonedreadx]

CLOSE THE DOOR WERE YOU BORN IN A BARN?

[u/Human_Fucker69420]

Gladly no one got thrown out. How tf did he managed to open it

[u/HeroDoge154 → u/Human_Fucker69420]

The plane was only 250m off the ground. Planes cruise around 10,000 meters off the ground. When at cruising altitudes, the pressure difference from outside the plane would make it virtually impossible to open the door. For the same reason, no one was sucked out of the plane here due to the lack of pressure difference.

Have a feeling this passenger wont be on another plane anytime soon...

[u/coffeepizzacake → u/HeroDoge154]

Do the cabin’s emergency doors open inward instead of outward? I’m trying but I can’t imagine why else it wouldn’t be easy to open the door into the lower pressure air

[u/testicularmeningitis → u/coffeepizzacake]

They fully open outward, but the doors are designed in such a way that they must be pulled slightly inward before they will release and open outward. This makes opening them mid flight impossible (except in a case such as this when the plane hasn't reached a sufficient altitude)

[u/Smrtypntz → u/testicularmeningitis]

Exactly. This ^ Outward, but slightly inward first. Pressure at 30,000 ft makes it impossible to get that "slightly inward first."

[u/JimmyThang5 → u/Smrtypntz]

As a nervous flyer (that still has to fly all the time) thank you for explaining this <3

[u/Ajwuvsu → u/JimmyThang5]

Well, if it's any consolation, you only need to clench your cheeks at take off and landing. Most catastrophic failures happen at those times. As you can see, this bs happened at a lower altitude. Once she's cruising miles high, you're golden.

[u/Dragon6172 → u/Ajwuvsu]

The clenching helps suck the airplane into the air. If something bad happens, not enough passengers were clenching.

[u/SlowlyICouldDie → u/Smrtypntz]

Accurate ☝️☝️slightly in, then open outward, but you can’t do that initial pull inward at high altitudes because of the pressure.

[u/bolpo33 → u/SlowlyICouldDie]

Comment above is correct. The doors are pulled in then pushed out, but pressure prevents the pull

[u/huertamatt → u/testicularmeningitis]

Also depending on the aircraft, the overwing exit doors lock in flight. On the 737 they lock as power is applied for takeoff and unlock once the aircraft is on the ground.

[u/Lazy_Cana → u/testicularmeningitis]

Ohhhh interesting

[u/cuber_and_gamer → u/HeroDoge154]

Thank you for clarifying that the plane was only 250m off the ground. I was also confused because I know that at altitude, those doors have multiple tons of pressure holding them shut.

[u/Mr_HPpavilion → u/Human_Fucker69420]

The power of Idiocy has no boundaries

It can overcome any obstacle

Have you seen the 2008 movie "The Simpsons" where the mayor made Lake Springfield idiot proof by putting hard blockage around it?

Homer Simpson is that idiot who opened the plane door

[u/akos_beres → u/Mr_HPpavilion]

The exact real life example we were all looking for 😂

[u/prickles_and_goo → u/Mr_HPpavilion]

Have you seen the 2008 movie "The Simpsons"

never heard of it.

[u/cheesepierice → u/Human_Fucker69420]

Somebody should have helped him unbuckle his seatbelt…

[u/Infini-Bus]

Not how you deal with a fart on the plane.

[u/theeimage → u/Infini-Bus]

If you've got a better idea, I'd like to hear it.

[u/steelkamote → u/theeimage]

Channel your inner Shaggy, and say "it wasn't me" no matter what

[u/CowboyfromHell4Life → u/steelkamote]

Man right, and pray no one had you on video. Be like all I did was lean against it to take a nap 😳 who you gonna believe me or their lying eyes

[u/I_Fux_Hard → u/steelkamote]

During pilot training there is a chamber where they slowly drop the pressure and you get to experience the joys of losing your vision and not being able to think correctly. There is like a group of four or six people in the chamber. Everyone farts so hard as they drop the pressure. It's so smelly. I can still remember the taste like 20 years later.

[u/boston_2004 → u/steelkamote]

Caught me fartin on the counter.

[u/stinkypants_andy → u/boston_2004]

Wasn’t me.

[u/Far-Education5778 → u/stinkypants_andy]

Saw the marks on my undies

[u/boston_2004 → u/Far-Education5778]

Wasn't me.

[u/shockmaster5000 → u/boston_2004]

Heard the farts getting louder

[u/teenslayer → u/shockmaster5000]

Wasn’t me

[u/iMACXH → u/teenslayer]

These threads keep me sane during bad days.

[u/CreamFilledLlama → u/teenslayer]

They even caught it on camera

[u/nj23dublin → u/theeimage]

1) Cough really loud to mask the sound 2) look to your right or behind you with disgust in case the smell is bad to divert attention 3) if needed… say “some people are just unbelievable”

[u/GiniThePooh → u/nj23dublin]

Trying this immediately (train, not plane), thanks!

[u/nj23dublin → u/GiniThePooh]

Keep us posted

[u/mai_tai87 → u/nj23dublin]

When I was 8, my favoritest great aunt told me that almost verbatim during a Thanksgiving get together. She was one of the only ones who got my sense of humor (wry and dry). She passed a few years ago and I miss her every day. Thank you for the lovely reminder (not sarcasm).

[u/IndependentFace5949 → u/theeimage]

Blame your wife, husband, signification other, or support animal in a louder than normal and surprised voice.

[u/BadgersAndJam77 → u/Infini-Bus]

What do you think blew the door open?

[u/NoinsPanda → u/Infini-Bus]

My thoughts exactly.

[u/Interesting-Law-5880]

Bro fell to the intrusive thoughts

[u/yourgifmademesignup → u/Interesting-Law-5880]

Exactly what I thought. We all think it, this bastard acted on it! Tf smh

[u/okami6663 → u/yourgifmademesignup]

I prefer to be alive 😅

[u/musclecard54 → u/Interesting-Law-5880]

The call of the void

[u/batmanscreditcard → u/musclecard54]

The call of the void is terrifying. If you know you know.

[u/yourgifmademesignup → u/Interesting-Law-5880]

Exactly what I thought. We all think it, this bastard acted on it! Tf smh

[u/YZane3 → u/Interesting-Law-5880]

That's exactly what it was too. I'll bet there was no malice, no intent to do harm. Dummy just let the intrusive thoughts win

[u/Poincare_Confection → u/YZane3]

When you want a window seat, so you make one.

[u/43catcatcat → u/YZane3]

That’s called mental illness.

[u/DealingwithDisorder → u/YZane3]

Wouldn’t that then be impulsive thoughts? Just acting without thinking… intrusive thoughts, we know what the repercussions would be, that’s why they are so stressful to have.

[u/Yoggyo → u/Interesting-Law-5880]

"You did it. You crazy sonofabitch, you did it."

[u/Neat-Sun-7999 → u/Interesting-Law-5880]

☠️💀💀💀

[u/bgravato]

Why did he do it?

Has he given any explanation?

[u/ajs20555 → u/bgravato]

Panic disorder (according to Korea News Outlet)

Edit: https://youtu.be/LNsz7zXfPhw (suspect escorted from police station)

Another Edit: A suspect testified to police that he opened the door cause of the frustration from losing his job and breaking up with his girlfriend….so apparently it had nothing to do with his mental disorder

[u/czerniana → u/ajs20555]

I’m pretty sure this would make my panic disorder five thousand times worse. He let the intrusive thoughts win, and tried to take others down with him. Makes zero sense, but then again, neither does any of the shit that makes me panic so there’s that.

Is he Korean? Or foreign?

[u/ajs20555 → u/czerniana]

Exactly..I believe he’s Korean and he’s in 30’s.

[u/vegas_lov3 → u/ajs20555]

He can ask for medication from his doctor for instances like this

[u/WellyRuru]

How?

Aren't those doors basically impossible to open at altitude?

[u/Mysterious-Drop1155 → u/WellyRuru]

The plane was at 700 ft when this happened

[u/insane__knight → u/Mysterious-Drop1155]

Thank you, I was wondering how the hell this happened.

[u/nobodyisonething → u/Mysterious-Drop1155]

You can step out at a few hundred feet? I did not know this and I'm not sure I feel good thinking now lots of internet people with intrusive thoughts know it too.

[u/thatgoodcush → u/nobodyisonething]

Today I learned that it’s possible to open the door at lower altitudes but you won’t get sucked out like in the movies. The pressure is pretty much equal at lower altitudes. At high altitudes, the door won’t open because it has to be pulled in before it can be pushed open and the pressure pushing against the door won’t allow it to be pulled in first.

[u/kytheon → u/WellyRuru]

Literally thousands of people in these threads are learning today that airplane doors open inside first.

[u/jon110334 → u/WellyRuru]

It was less than 1000 feet off the ground. The cabin doesn't really start pressurizing until around 8000 feet, so the "too much pressure difference to open the door" hadn't kicked in, yet.

[u/AffectElectrical9709]

That passenger who did that deserves attempted murder charges for every customer on that plane ✈️ and the staff included. He risked all those lives. Life no parole.

[u/Christovski → u/AffectElectrical9709]

Korea is pretty hot on crime so I can imagine an example being made

[u/Comfortable_Text → u/Christovski]

Can the punishment to be yelling, this is Sparta and then kicking them out the door

[u/parkylondon]

As noted in the article, the airplane was only 250m off the ground. So yeah, dangerous and stupid but not the catastrophe it could have been. Also, airplanes have fail safes which prevent opening at altitude.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/asiana-airlines/passenger-arrested-for-opening-plane-door-during-flight-in-south-korea/

[u/kaehvogel → u/parkylondon]

Not exactly "fail safes", more like...physics. You can't really open the doors at high altitudes because the pressure difference prevents you from pulling them inwards, which you have to do.

[u/ShinyBronzeArse → u/kaehvogel]

Physics is the best failsafe

[u/BeFastDW → u/ShinyBronzeArse]

I failed physics, but physics never fails me

[u/theeimage → u/BeFastDW]

Homer : I never passed Remedial Science 1A.

Marge Simpson : And you're a nuclear technician?

Homer : Marge, ixnay on the uclear-nay echnician-tay.

Marge Simpson : What did you say?

Homer : [ashamed] I don't know. I flunked Latin, too.

[u/YetAnotherBee → u/kaehvogel]

The design requiring doors to be pulled in sounds exactly like a failsafe.

On a related note, airplanes don’t exactly fly because they have wings, it’s more like… physics.

[u/parkylondon → u/kaehvogel]

Ah yes, my mistake. As noted below, the laws of physics are the best failsafe!

[u/YetAnotherBee → u/parkylondon]

No, you were correct, the door design is in fact a failsafe. The fact that it along with most everything else on an aircraft functions because of physics doesn’t change that.

[u/WideArmadillo6407]

WHAT

[u/phixer00]

He should be made to stand up in the first seat of the plane. As each passenger exits they get to punch him in the balls. Then take him to jail.

[u/yesunnnnn → u/phixer00]

Thats sounds an eggscellent idea!

[u/THEBIGREDAPE]

I hope that mofo goes to jail for a long time

[u/Peskycat42]

I feel like the pilot needs some plaudits. Even at only 250m wouldn't this have caused stability issues as he landed?

[u/Saidear → u/Peskycat42]

Nothing that can't be trimmed out with some rudder and asymmetric thrust - it's not that difficult. The biggest concern is avoiding making any banking turns to the left, as that risks things falling out of the aircraft. The door the passenger was aft of the engines, which is a blessing.

[u/dumpmaster42069 → u/Peskycat42]

No, it wouldn’t. The bigger concern is where the door goes. Outside the fuselage? Wind could remove it and then it could hit wing, tail, engines. That’s a bigger problem.

[u/alittlesliceofhell2 → u/Peskycat42]

No, not really. This is done on purpose in quite a few aircraft platforms. The computer will resolve any instabilities generated by an increase in drag on one side.

Planes really like to fly and are quite hard to make not fly.

[u/2broke2smoke1 → u/Peskycat42]

One can only assume the pilot too lists to the left, hence the drag was something acceptable

[u/Sereaph → u/Peskycat42]

If they're low altitude and slow, the stability issues wouldn't change much if it's even felt at all.

If they're approaching landing there's already a bunch of drag with the flaps and landing gears out.

[u/Sea_Dust895]

How did the guy who opened the door not get sucked out?

[u/Distwalker → u/Sea_Dust895]

They were at 700 feet. As a former paratrooper who has 72 jumps between 800 feet and 1,100 feet, I can tell you that you don't get sucked out. You have to go out the door under your own power. As a former jumpmaster who has hung outside the aircraft doing outside air safety checks, I can tell you that feels more like it wants to push you in than pull you out.

[u/Marwott → u/Distwalker]

How many jumps before it stopped being scary? lol

[u/Distwalker → u/Marwott]

In addition to those jumps, I have 113 sport parachute jumps. Honestly. It was never not scary.

52 of my military jumps were night jumps.

[u/Super_Preference_733 → u/Distwalker]

True, and when loaded down with a ruck and other equipment, it's easy to bounce off the side of the door due to air blasts as you waddle out the door. Well, in my case. /s

[u/plasteroid]

they need to start putting emergency overrides on those.

people are not stable

everywhere we go

there is some person who does not know how to deal with their pain

a lot of times a cry for attention

[u/buttsparkley → u/plasteroid]

The whole point is that they should not be difficult to open , because in an emergency most ppl have idiot brain and that door needs to come off....

[u/nobodyisonething → u/plasteroid]

Would more guns help here? Arm everyone because you don't know who is crazy. Wait, perhaps my reasoning is not sound.

[u/Meadblitz]

Intrusive thoughts won

[u/vibribib]

It’s just a prank bro.

[u/Particular_Group_295]

I would personally get something and beat d shit out of him

[u/mmps901 → u/Particular_Group_295]

Don’t act a fool on a plane. After 9/11 people should assume passengers will act to protect themselves and others on the ground. Your nonsense whether from being suicidal, making a political statement, a complete moron or dealing with a mental break doesn’t matter AT ALL while we’re in the air.

[u/Red__M_M → u/Particular_Group_295]

Nah, he wanted to step out for a smoke. The door is open, so you might as well help him step out.

[u/Phill_is_Legend → u/Particular_Group_295]

Yeah when we land and I can unbuckle my seat belt, dude is gonna have a bad time.

[u/fruitgamingspacstuff]

I can guarantee this sparks off a chain reaction to other lunitics that will start opening doors mid flight. I did always wonder how and why general public are trusted to sit next to those.

[u/bepr20]

I thought this was impossible to do because of the pressure diff... wtf, now I'm terrified.

[u/Trepide]

If sitting next to someone that does this, is the appropriate response to help him or her unbuckle?

[u/Putins_Gay_Thoughts]

Not related at all but found this gif while searching for something “window seat” related. I enjoyed it so thought I’d share.

[u/OhHowINeedChanging]

Welcome to flight Fuck Around, we’ll be landing in Find Out soon.

[u/BourbonFueledDreams]

He let the intrusive thoughts win. Now he’s going to prison and getting out on the no fly list.

[u/Cute_fluffy_kitten]

I heard that this was during landing. He probably had a connecting flight he was about to miss. Totally understandable

[u/9ragmatic]

"This trip was so exciting it took my breath away. "

1 star review

[u/dbsfan97]

Bro unlocked all 5 stars

[u/zippy251]

The flight must not have been at a very high altitude if explosive decompression or at least cabin wide hypoxia didn't result from this.

[u/Call_Me_Kyle]

When the intrusive thoughts win.

[u/toooooold4this]

Who cares how high it was? If you've ever traveled by air, even when the wheels are on the ground, as long as the plane is moving, it's dangerous to open the door. The plane was landing and is traveling at really high speeds. I'd be freaked out if someone opened my car door while taking an off-ramp coming down from only 70 mph.

People are idiots. Glad this lunatic was arrested.

[u/spooninacerealbowl → u/toooooold4this]

I think the higher it is, the greater the pressure differential is and therefore the more significant the impact on people inside the plane from depressurization would be. If I were in the plane, I would really care how high it is when the door is opened.

[u/Distwalker]

Why was no one stomping his guts out, that's what I'd like to know.

[u/BailoutBill → u/Distwalker]

Perhaps you would be fine with unfastening your seatbelt and wandering over near the open door 250m above the ground to engage in fisticuffs with a crazy person, but I think I speak for most people when I say, "No, I think I'll pass."

[u/THEdougBOLDER → u/BailoutBill]

Queensbury rules: no hits below the belt, no tossing opponent out the door

[u/stopwillfulstupidity]

How is that possible????

[u/zxmuffin]

Prison his ass.

[u/8004460]

When you order a pizza Midair

[u/R0Y-BATTY]

I assume “mid air” to be cruising altitude but even at 250m/800 ft this would be absolutely terrifying and I’d imagine I was going to die.

How was he not sucked out?

[u/thehim → u/R0Y-BATTY]

Yeah, I think a lot of people equate mid-air and mid-flight, but mid-air just means “not touching the ground”. A person dunking a basketball is in mid-air

[u/bradbutterfilms]

How did the person who opened it at least not fly out immediately?

[u/WHTrunner]

Anything for tiktok

[u/Suppose2Bubble]

Fresh air is essential. Doctor's orders