PIA plane avoids accident after female passenger mistakenly opens emergency door

The plane had landed at Manchester Airport from Islamabad.

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – A plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) nearly avoided an accident when a female passenger on board mistakenly opened the emergency door of the plane taking it for bathroom door.

According to PIA spokesperson, the incident took place in PIA flight 702 at Manchester airport.

The plane had landed at Manchester Airport from Islamabad. It was parked at the airport when the incident took place. The woman narrowly escaped falling from the plane.

The sliding of the Boeing 777 plane opened with the door. The area where the sliding opens was then cleared. The 37 passengers on board the plane were offloaded while the flight was delayed by seven hours