Sometimes you just can't wait
Posted on by Kolbe
This time of year is full of travel. Whether you’re driving, taking a train or flying, travel can be exhausting. We've all been there; a long flight finally arrives at its destination. You grab your carry-on from the overhead bin excited to finally exit the plane, only to be treated by another ten minutes or so of waiting for the crowd in front of you to exit. It can be frustrating when you're so close to being done with your traveling. That frustration proved to be too much for one man on a flight to Hainan, China. He couldn't wait to unload from the plane any longer so he decided to open the emergency door and deploy the emergency slide to get off the plane. The short cut cost over $16,000 in damages. When police confronted the passenger he claimed he was unaware that the emergency slide and door were for emergencies. I'm not sure how much clearer it can be than to put the word emergency in the name of the door and slide, but then again all that waiting to unload the plane makes me go a bit insane as well.