South Korean airline, Asiana Airlines, has announced it would no longer sell tickets for certain emergency exit seats of its Airbus A321-200 aircraft following an incident in which a man opened a jetliner door during a flight.
In a recent statement, the airline said the affected seats are number 26A on 174-seat A321s and number 31A on 195-seat models. The seats are near the middle of the plane, closest to the doors on the left-hand side of the single-aisle aircraft.
The statement read: “This measure is a safety precaution and applies even if the flight is full. The corresponding seat on the right-hand side is where flight attendants sit for takeoff and landing.”
An airline official said on May 26, a passenger opened the emergency door of an Asiana Airlines plane just before it was about to touch down at Daegu airport in the southern part of South Korea.
While talking to the police, the passenger said he had been under a lot of stress after he lost his job recently and felt suffocated and wanted to get off the plane quickly.
A Video of the incident went viral and showed wind whipping through the plane’s cabin as scared passengers gripped their armrests.
According to Asiana Airlines, 200 people, including 194 passengers, were on board.
According to the Daegu Fire Department, 12 people suffered minor injuries from hyperventilation and nine of them were taken to hospitals in Daegu.
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