Man in South Korea investigated after fiddling with airplane emergency door


SEOUL: South Korean Police are investigating a man in his 60s for fiddling with an emergency exit door aboard a passenger jet that landed in Busan last week, local media reported on Wednesday (Dec 24).

The man touched the handle cover of an emergency exit door on an Air Busan flight that arrived at Gimhae International Airport at about 9.45am (8.45am, Singapore time) on Dec 17, while the aircraft was waiting on the tarmac after landing, reports said.

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