“I told him not to open it": Flight attendant forced to hold plane door shut
A flight attendant was forced to hold an emergency exit door shut after an allegedly drunk passenger tried to open it shortly after takeoff.
Footage shows a female flight attendant with one hand on the plane’s roof and another holding the lever of the emergency exit, after a man allegedly tried to pull it open during their flight from Qingdao, China on Saturday, according to the New York Post.
“I told him not to open it,” the flight attendant said to another colleague in Chinese, according to JAM Press.
Her colleague then asks the passenger: “Sir, did you open this?”
The male passenger looked confused as he started gesturing at the lever.
“Why did you open it? Didn’t you know it is prohibited to open this kind of thing?” the flight attendant asked again.
But the passenger ignored him and looked down at his phone, as the male flight attendant continued to question him.
The passenger eventually admitted that he had been drinking before he tried to grab the lever, and the man eventually had to change seats with another passenger sitting in the same row.
He was allowed to remain on the flight, which managed to land safely at Harbin, China without incident.
Images: New York Post