This is the terrifying moment an airline passenger allegedly tried to open the emergency exit at 30,000ft because he ‘felt like it’.
Indian national Jamsheer Athanikkal, 36, has been arrested for the attempted murder of his fellow flyers after smashing the window panel on a Batik Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Kochi, India, on Wednesday.
The plane was mid-air when the suspect is alleged to have opened the emergency exit ‘without any provocation’ before he threatened passengers and crew who tried to stop him.
However the 36-year-old was overpowered and restrained with cable ties before he was later arrested after the pilot returned
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