South Korean authorities detain a man after he opened a door of an Asiana Airlines plane minutes before it was due to land, causing panic among the passengers
When the plane was still about 200 meters above the ground, a passenger sitting near the emergency exit "opened the door manually. / Photo: Reuters
The Airbus A321-200 was carrying nearly 200 passengers as it approached the runway at Daegu International Airport on Friday, about 240 kilometres southeast of Seoul, on a domestic flight. No one was hurt in the incident but 12 people were sent to hospitals after suffering breathing issues and other minor symptoms, emergency officials in Daegu said.
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