Watch: Indigo passenger opens emergency exit door, one injured

A passenger opened the emergency exit door of the Indigo flight 6E 4134. Incident took place on Mumbai to Chandigarh-bound airline. The man was later apprehended and handed over to the CISF staff at Mumbai airport. There were 176 passengers on the plane.

Incident took place on Mumbai to Chandigarh-bound Indigo flight 6E 4134 on Friday morning, when a passenger opened the emergency exit door of the aircraft. He was later apprehended and handed over to the CISF staff at the Mumbai airport.

In a statement, the airline said: "Just after the boarding got completed (while the aircraft was stationary), a passenger seated on seat number 12C suddenly opened the emergency exit door and inflated the slide".

"In this process, a co-passenger seated on 12A received bruises. Taking a precautionary measure, the captain immediately informed the ground staff about the situation on board and instructed the team to arrange for medical assistance and other necessary action."

"Simultaneously, the captain informed all 176 passengers on-board via inflight announcement, and switched off the aircraft engine," the statement pointed out.

Back in November last year, a video had emerged of a video showing the emergency exit wide open on United Airlines plane after passenger "just opened the door and jumped" onto the tarmac at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

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