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.

Dan Bubb, Ph.D., a former airline pilot and current aviation safety expert, explained that opening the emergency exit — which he noted is for evacuations — on the ground will cause the door to ...

Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 from Portland, Oregon, was forced to make a dramatic emergency landing last Friday after a door plug flew off and left a gaping hole in the side of the plane at 16,000 ...

In 2023, a passenger on an Asiana flight about to land in Daegu, South Korea allegedly opened the emergency door he was sitting next to. The plane was more than 700 feet off the ground at the time.

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 flight attendant.

If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. At the very least, trying to open an emergency door mid-flight is a great way to get yourself on the dreaded no-fly list.