Passenger Opens Emergency Exit Mid-Air on Airplane

An identified 44-year-old passenger aboard the flight told Yonhap News Agency, “I thought the plane was going to explode. … It looked like passengers next to the open door were fainting.”

Former pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who was not on the Asiana flight, described to ABC News what it would have been like inside the cabin after Lee opened the door: “Air would be rushing by the airplane just outside. At that speed, about 160 miles an hour, from all indications, that would be the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane-scale speed.”