Aviation News Taiwan Uni Air flights have experienced two incidents in the past week in which passengers opened the escape doors without authorization due to curiosity and other reasons, and both occurred at Kinmen Airport . In this regard, the airline stated that in addition to strengthening publicity in the future, it will also file complaints against passengers who open the escape door without reason.
According to Taiwanese media reports, cases of passengers opening escape doors due to curiosity or other reasons have been heard in foreign countries and mainland China. However, there is only one case of a passenger taking Mandarin Airlines Taichung to Penghu ATR on Taiwan routes in 2018. On a flight, because he wanted to test whether the escape equipment was working properly, he opened the escape window and was fined NT$10,000.
Unexpectedly, on the popular Kinmen route, there have been two cases of passengers opening escape doors without authorization in the past week, highlighting passengers' lack of knowledge about flight safety.
On October 31, 2019, on a UNI Air flight from Kinmen to Taichung, after all the passengers had boarded the plane, and after the stewardess explained the escape door assistance to the passengers in the first row, she unexpectedly found one of the people sitting in the first row. A 63-year-old female passenger surnamed Chen actually opened the escape door out of curiosity. She was shocked because it opened with just a pull. During the investigation, she said that she thought it was like the escape door of a tour bus, which could be closed immediately after opening. Unexpectedly, this curious move was followed by the flight attendant who reset the door. The captain informed that a cabin pressure test was to be performed and all passengers were asked to disembark, causing the flight to be delayed for more than an hour.
The second incident occurred on a flight from Kaohsiung to Kinmen on November 5. When the flight landed in Kinmen to drop off passengers, a 56-year-old female passenger named Lin thought the escape door was the exit and opened the door. Later, she was discovered by the flight attendant. She took it to the aviation police to make a record.
Since there have been two cases in one week, both of which are ATR models with only 70 seats, UNI Air is currently considering strengthening publicity and considering setting up warnings around the escape doors to remind the public not to open them at will; depending on the frequency of occurrences, UNI Air also stated that it would file a lawsuit if similar incidents occur in the future. It is understood that the first case of Gu Nian is a first-time offender, and the airline currently reserves the right to pursue legal action; in the case on November 5, the airline will file a lawsuit and may be fined 10,000 yuan.
Data map: Uni Air ATR aircraft
Uni Air stated that the aircraft escape door is designed so that when the aircraft makes an emergency landing, both the inside and outside of the safety door can be opened to facilitate the evacuation of passengers; once it flies to a high altitude, it is adsorbed on the fuselage, almost It is impossible to open; there are occasional scenes in movies where the hatch opens in the air, but that is a dramatic effect and the public does not need to worry.
The Kinmen Aviation Police Station also stated that people who open escape doors at will are in violation of civil aviation regulations on "unreasonable operation of other safety devices" on aircraft and may be fined NT$10,000 to NT$50,000. The public is reminded to abide by aviation security when flying. It is stipulated that you should not touch or activate emergency devices in the cabin to ensure flight safety.
According to the aviation circle, UNI Air is an airline affiliated with EVA Air. It uses ATR72-600 propeller aircraft to fly domestic routes in Taiwan, and uses Airbus A320 jets to fly cross-strait and some international routes.
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