You won’t see it every day: A passenger who opens an airplane’s emergency hatch is considered a hero, but faces millions in fines

The passion was ignited by the heat

According to a report by Ren TV, the passengers on the “Moscow – Antalya” flight sat in a hot, unconditioned plane for two hours. A passenger got tired of waiting and opened the emergency exit door, which opened and damaged the emergency landing ladder.

A woman speaking to a television channel reported that the incident was due to heat. According to passengers, the crew warned that the inconvenience is temporary: it will end as soon as the plane starts the engines.

“It was hot from the beginning as soon as we got on the plane. Everyone started complaining and the hysterical woman started screaming that her son was suffocating. The fugitive man tried to support her. The door has already closed, in the position called” armed. “When the boarding ladder is already removed from the plane,” says Irina, who was on the plane.

Go sue

Meanwhile, according to representatives of the Rossiya airline, the flight was delayed for no more than 20 minutes. After opening the emergency hatch and opening the stairs, the flight had to be postponed for four hours. According to airline representatives, 516 passengers and 16 crew members had to leave the plane and wait for the reservation.

According to the media, the passenger of the failed flight, the offender managed not only to avoid punishment, but also to fly from another plane that replaced the one he had to fly.

“It seems to me that now he is resting somewhere, because he did not care about anything. I saw this man, he was in line next to board another plane,” Ren TV told the woman.

Still, Rossiya said the incident was the subject of a pre-trial investigation. The airline, which owns the plane, intends to pay damages to the passenger who opened the emergency hatch, reports Ria Novosti. The amount of the losses includes the flight delay, the replacement of the coating with a reserve, the replacement of the emergency staircase, says a representative of the airlines. The fine can reach several hundred thousand rubles. According to independent lawyers, it could reach several million. The expert is also considering that the passenger will be included in the airline’s blacklist.

Powered by heroes

As it was later discovered, Vladimir Kuznetsov, a professor at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, had been a hooligan on the plane, media reported. He and his actions received considerable support in the comments, Rambler reports.

“Great guy! Is it normal on a plane to keep people on stools for 2 hours? If the flight was delayed, I could ask people to move to the waiting room. We didn’t pay money because we sat on the plane at the airport for 3 hours at first, and then we spent another 3 hours in heaven, “said an angry reader.

The comments also pointed out that this single passenger is the hero who made the right choice. People write that they would have done the same if only they had felt the danger to health and life.

“The airline and the service must be held responsible for this mess”, “the ticket prices are increasing indefinitely and the service and services are reducing to zero.” Real boldness! “The readers were angry.

Opened the hatch by passing out

Vladimir Kuznetsov, who opened the emergency exit door of a passenger plane at Sheremetyevo airport, explained his actions because of the heat-related illness, the Life Shot telegram channel reports.

He says that on the hot plane, people began to panic, grandparents began to complain of heart problems, women with children … screamed. When he was not feeling well himself, he started looking for a flight attendant, but on the way he realized that he was losing consciousness. Already falling, he leaned against the emergency exit lever.

As things progressed, according to Kuznetsov, he does not remember, he paid attention to the already open hatch. The fresh air made it better and he returned to his place. The passenger emphasizes that he had no bad thoughts. However, he believes that the lives of the passengers were in danger because the plane was not properly prepared for the flight from the beginning.