Someone on another thread had either been on the flight or knew someone who had, and he said the man got up and tried to open the door because he thought he was on the wrong flight! According to the poster, the would-be door-opener was beaten by the passengers in the course of subduing him, so I guess he must have resisted attempts to get him away from the door. No identification or description, but he sounds like he was either crazy or drunk.
I guess he thought he was going to leap out the door and catch a passing plane to his real destination (which, hopefully, was not Islamic paradise and his 72 raisins).
Sounds like muslim.
As if you have never done that?