A man tried to open the door of a plane in full flight and set off panic among passengers

The plane had left full of Gatwick Airport in London. The flight went off normally, until the Airbus A319 from EasyJet began its descent to Pisa and that a man was trying to open the door in the same direction. # 39; air.

"He looked a little nervous and was wearing a heavy coat, he was in the bathroom for a minute. When he left, he went to the emergency exit, grabbed the handle and tried to open the door"he said to The sun Richard Conyard, one of the pbadengers of the flight.

The moment the police stop a man trying to open the door of a plane in flight in the United States, in 2017

"One of the crew members shouted for him to stop and other occupants started screaming and crying," he continued, "everyone was naturally very scared. Some guys went to help. I joined them. We put it in a seat. Some local women were invited to swap places so that all these muscular men could sit and lock them up. "

There he stayed until landing. Then he was escorted by the Italian airport police. The authorities said that he was around 30 years old and was originally from Siena.

"The pilot-in-command of flight EZY8233 connecting London Gatwick to Pisa asked the police to get to the plane because of the disruptive behavior of a pbadenger on board during the descent"EasyJet said in a statement.

Richard MunbadiOne of the pbadengers on board reported that people had started to "scream and scream" while the crew was trying to stop him, whose identity was not revealed publicly.

"There was a lot of shouting and screaming, I thought maybe two of the pbadengers were fighting each other's fists"he badured the WCCO.

Munbadi said he had learned what had happened only when the pilot informed the pbadengers of the incident. He then explained that the man He tried to open the door when the plane was about to land.

Salman Elmi, another pbadenger, described the scene as "a crazy experience", while watching people try to prevent the individual from opening the exit door handle. Finally, The man was restrained and tied to one of the seats. When the plane landed, the police took him into custody.

A similar incident occurred a month earlier. A pbadenger from Poland He was arrested when he arrived in London for attempting to open the aircraft door in mid-flight, fact that was prevented by the reaction of the crew. The person involved was taken to a local hospital for minor injuries.It is therefore believed that there was a confrontation during the flight.

The planes are designed so that the doors can not be opened when they reach thousands of meters high, but trying to maneuver them can cause damage to the plane. The incident occurred on the flight W61005, from the airline Wizz Air, which landed at the scheduled time, one minute before 23 hours.

"On the flight from Katowice to London a pbadenger has behaved abusively and against the rules. The crew followed the protocols to ensure the safety of the flight operation. Upon landing, the pbadenger was handed over to the authorities, "said a spokesman for the airline.