Airplane Passenger Causes Major Delays After Mistaking the Emergency Exit for the Bathroom

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Apassengercaused major delays after mistaking an airplane’s emergency exit door for a bathroom on Friday.

While the plane was still grounded in from Manchester, U.K. before heading to Pakistan at the time of the incident, passengers on board Pakistan International Airlines flight 702 to Islamabad were subjected to a seven-hour delay, according to a statement from the airline shared with CNN.

After the opening of the emergency door, “the exit slide deployed automatically” forcing all 40 passengers to be removed from the plane as a result, they added in the statement.

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This isn’t the first time a passengermistook the emergency exit for a restroom. In October 2018, a first-time flyer in his mid-20s was on board a GoAir plane when he got up to use the restroom. However, instead of opening thedoor to the lavatory, he attempted to open the emergency exit in the back of the plane, according to a report fromL’Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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A similar incident happened last month, when an elderly passenger was detained and ultimately arrested in China for “endangering the safety of an aircraft” after attempting to open an emergency door while the plane was grounded.

source: people.com