Explainer: Passenger safety in an aeroplane

Inside a Kenya Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner business class. [Courtesy]

An incident where a passenger on an Asian Airlines flight opened an emergency exit door mid-air has raised concerns over passenger safety in aircraft and what needs to be adhered to in consideration of flight safety.

The passenger in his 30s opened the emergency exit door of Airbus A321 that was about 200 metres above the ground while it was descending for landing at Daegu International Airport in South Korea on Friday, May 26. The man claimed that he was feeling suffocated and wanted to disembark quickly as he was under stress after losing his job.