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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jun 10, 2019, 01:14 PM Jun 2019

Passenger opens plane emergency exit thinking it was the toilet [View all]

A passenger on a UK-Pakistan flight at Manchester Airport caused severe delays after opening the emergency exit door in an attempt to reach the bathroom while the plane was still on the ground.

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight 702 was due to fly from Manchester, UK, to Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday but suffered a delay of seven hours, according to the airline.

Forty passengers were offloaded following the incident, during which "the exit slide deployed automatically," PIA said in a statement.

A spokesman for the airline told CNN the passenger had opened the door thinking it was the bathroom, but all passengers were safe.
Manchester Airport declined to comment on Friday night's incident.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/passenger-opens-plane-emergency-exit-thinking-it-was-the-toilet/ar-AACESPv?li=BBnbfcL

I think he really would have shit himself had he been in mid flight.

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On the way down malaise Jun 2019 #1
In mid-flight he couldn't have opened the door. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #2
He was probably drunk. nt. Mariana Jun 2019 #4
On the doors in the plane's exit row, I believe there is an interlock MineralMan Jun 2019 #6
PIA doesn't fly 737s (they mostly have 777s). The overwing emergency exits on most aircraft The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #10
No, there is no 'bolt'. It's a plug door. trof Jun 2019 #14
The 737 new generation models MineralMan Jun 2019 #16
Ach. All this new stuff. trof Jun 2019 #21
Was he expecting an outhouse? Cirque du So-What Jun 2019 #3
Uh-oh... MineralMan Jun 2019 #5
What's the going rate for an exit row seat now? trof Jun 2019 #15
$30 on Sun Country, my carrier of choice. MineralMan Jun 2019 #17
That's just one more reason that people in the UK have another definition of PIA. DFW Jun 2019 #7
Have had better experiences with AA unc70 Jun 2019 #9
I haven't taken Iberia transatlantic in over 15 years. DFW Jun 2019 #13
Don't fly through DFW much these days unc70 Jun 2019 #19
3 more bluecollar2 Jun 2019 #18
Oh lordy. Memories. Air France was Air Chance. trof Jun 2019 #20
Air France has perhaps undergone the greatest metamorphosis DFW Jun 2019 #22
Wow! That's GOOD. trof Jun 2019 #23
A complete 180 in attitude toward pasengers DFW Jun 2019 #24
I bet he voted for Br-EXIT. watoos Jun 2019 #8
Thread won! lagomorph777 Jun 2019 #11
That happened in a Monty Python sketch. Crunchy Frog Jun 2019 #12
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