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Passenger opens emergency exit door on Air China flight
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Gary Leff Chief Financial Officer | View from the Wing

As China has developed, domestic air travel has grown, and increasingly more people have gained access to flying. At some point, most travelers have been first-time travelers. There are things that seem obvious, even to domestic airlines in China, but still aren’t obvious to people flying for the first time.

A passenger on Air China flight 2754 from Quzhou to Chengdu on Thursday opened an emergency exit door on the Airbus A319 – mistaking it for the door to the toilet. The emergency slide deployed, passengers headed down the slide, and the flight was canceled.

An Air China flight bound for Chengdu was abruptly canceled after a passenger, mistaking an emergency exit for the lavatory, inadvertently deployed the Airbus A320 aircraft’s emergency slide at Quzhou Airport in Zhejiang province.

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Since there were no more flights after this 8:45 p.m. scheduled departure, passengers were put up in hotel rooms for the night and given compensation of approximately $55 apiece.

“When the evacuation slide popped out, even the flight attendants were startled. The female passenger was in tears when she heard that she would need to pay damages,” Cheng told the Chongqing Morning Post.

The emergency door is intended for use only in emergencies. In past incidents within China and other countries like Pakistan, passengers have opened emergency exits either to get fresh air or throw coins into plane engines for good luck.

On another note, American Airlines reports that due to credit card spending counting towards earning status, top members of their AAdvantage program may also lack familiarity with standard flying procedures.

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