Is it opening the door to disaster? Bum-rushing the emergency exit on a plane has seemingly become a go-to move among those looking to make trouble at 30,000 feet.

With about 45 minutes of the flight from Los Angeles to Boston to go, the man attempted to open the airplane’s emergency door. He also went after flight attendants with a metal spoon.

Here’s What Would Happen If You Try Opening the Emergency Exit Door Mid-Flight By Elizabeth Yuko Updated on Jun. 27, 2025 Let's just say, it's not a good idea ...

View of an emergency exit in a plane. Good news—it would be physically impossible to open the door mid-flight, but there are serious consequences for people who try. The most important thing in ...

A Massachusetts man was sentenced to time served after more than two years in prison for attempting to open a United Airlines ...

A SkyWest Airlines flight from Omaha, Nebraska, to Detroit made an emergency landing in Iowa after a passenger caused a disturbance.

Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A JetBlue passenger allegedly opened the emergency exit door and deployed the slide of a taxiing airplane before leaving Boston's Logan International Airport on Tuesday night ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A regional jet made an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday evening after a passenger tried to open an emergency exit door and got into an altercation with a ...

The flight from Anchorage to Portland was a Boeing 737-900 with 137 passengers on board. The crew did not declare an emergency and the plane landed a few minutes ahead of schedule, at 5:27 a.m ...

Still, physics isn’t the only thing keeping emergency doors closed during flights. On most commercial aircraft, all cabin doors automatically lock once the plane has reached a certain speed ...