Posted on 07/05/2024 10:49:17 AM PDT by Red Badger
The emergency door of Air China's CA2754 flight at Quzhou Airport after a passenger opened it, thinking it was the bathroom.
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A passenger opened an airplane's emergency door, thinking it was the restroom, causing an emergency slide to deploy and leading to the flight's cancellation at Quzhou Airport in Zhejiang on Thursday.
The incident occurred at 8:45pm at Quzhou Airport in Zhejiang Province on Air China's CA2754 flight to Chengdu. It was the passenger's first time flying, police confirmed on Friday.
A passenger told Chongqing Morning Post: "The flight was delayed from its 8:45pm departure due to air traffic control. Around 9pm, it seemed no one was in the back operation area, and a passenger looking for the bathroom mistakenly opened the emergency door."
He added: "There was no sound when the slide deployed. After the incident, they announced a further delay, and then canceled the flight. Air China took us to a hotel to rest."
Another passenger recalled: "A woman ran to the back cabin and opened the emergency door, causing everyone on the plane to stay at a hotel. Today, we received compensation of 400 yuan (US$60)."
An aviation expert said incidents involving the opening of emergency doors and the deployment of emergency slides are quite common. "Depending on the aircraft, opening an emergency door can cost 100,000 to 200,000 yuan and ground the plane for several days."
According to relevant Chinese laws, the unauthorized opening of an airplane's emergency door disrupts flight order and endangers flight safety. If it causes serious consequences, the person responsible will face criminal penalties and be liable for civil compensation.
OOPS! Aviation Ping!.....................
What are we supposed to guess?
The nationality/airline................
Not sure how accurate this story is but there’s a big difference between sliding a small slider to open the lav door and rotating a large lever to open the emergency door.
The real news is that she didn’t just squat in the aisle and let it go like on the street.
Douh!
My Grandmother’s story about a guy who used their bathroom and then asked how do you blow out the light ,LOL
That you, Joe?
Should’ve just taken a sharp knife and sliced the slide off the plane...dragged it off the ramp.
Easy peasy.
It must have been a Boeing aircraft!!! /s
Not that easy.
Ramp has to be reinstalled and aircraft pass certification tests before it can be cleared to fly again................
Red Badger: “Ramp has to be reinstalled and aircraft pass certification tests before it can be cleared to fly again...”
Boeing: “Pffftt! Eff-that! Load ‘er up and let’s go”!
Another thing not taught in public school. But at least she knows her/him/they/them gender.
Probably the only recent airplane screw-up that CAN’T be blamed on DEI, just stupidity.
Wow! All those people got sucked out of the plane and landed on the hotel roof!
Why would a mainland Chinese woman know that woke stuff?
Takes all the fun out of it.
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