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Stephen Chen

A Chinese man who opened the emergency exit of an aircraft at an airport on Monday will have to spend next week’s Lunar New Year holiday in prison, The Beijing News reports.
Police, who detained the man at Nanjing Lukou International Airport, said they would keep him in jail for 10 days as a punishment.
The man had expressed no regret for his behaviour, said China Southern Airlines, operator of the flight that was due to travel from Nanjing, in Jiangsu province, to Nanning, in Guangxi province.
The incident had caught flight attendants and passengers by surprise, the airline added.

The man, who has not been identified, boarded the Boeing 737-800 aircraft on Monday and immediately walked over to the emergency exit and opened it as other passengers were boarding from the departure gate.
He gave no explanation for his actions and simply sat down by the open door and gazed outside.
“This door is not important,” he was quoted as saying by the airline in response to questions about why he had opened the door.
Nobody had tried to stop him opening the door, witnesses said.
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He had been able to open the door with little effort, they said.
The nearest flight attendant was helping other passengers lift their luggage into overhead compartments at the time.
The incident delayed the flight for nearly an hour.
The aircraft took off only after lengthy security checks at the gate had been completed.
This latest incident follows a series of similar cases of mainland passengers opening the emergency doors of aircraft.
In a previous case in December, a first-time traveller opened the emergency door of a Xiamen Air passenger jet to get some fresh air just before it was due to take off. 
The Beijing News reported in 2012 that a female passenger on a flight in Hainan opened an emergency exit after mistaking it for the door to the toilet.


‘The door is not important’: priceless response of Chinese passenger held for opening emergency exit

An image taken by a passenger of the man sitting in his seat after opening the aircraft's emergency exit on Monday. Photo: SCMP Pictures


A first-time traveller opens the emergency door of a Xiamen Air passenger jet to get some fresh air. Photo: SCMP Pictures

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Police said they will keep the Chinese man in jail for 10 days as a punishment


A Chinese man who opened the emergency exit of an aircraft at an airport on Monday will have to spend next week’s Lunar New Year holiday in prison.


‘The door is not important’: priceless response of Chinese passenger held for opening emergency exit

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Police said they will keep the Chinese man in jail for 10 days as a punishment

Police said they will keep the Chinese man in jail for 10 days as a punishment