above ground. police say they have arrested a man in his 30s, that he actually opened door. and according to police they say he has confessed to opening it but he is not telling them why he did it. you can see the vision there of just thoushow the gust of winds affected the passengers within the plane. but i ve spoken to an aviation expert who is flabbergasted and confused as to how it was even possible technically for this to ha happen. it seemed implausible that the door could be opened in the first place and then against the air stream technically impossible. but somehow rather it has happened. possibly some malfunction. reporter: so there is an investigation obviously ongoing into this with asiana and
question, paula. we ve spoken to an aviation expert who said it shouldn t be possible to be able to open an emergency door while you are still in flight. now, this is the information we have from asianana, the flight from went from jeju, the island off south korea, to the mainland. it s an hour and 45 minutes flight, landing safely at 12:45 p.m. according to asianiana, a man in his 30s sitting at the emergency seat opened the door. he, according to police, has been arrested at the airport. they said it was about two or three minutes from landing, so not too high. it was about 700 feet above ground. that s just over 200 meters. now, there were 200 people on board at this point. you can see from the video just how terrifying that would have been for those sitting in that area. now, there weren t any significant injuries, we re
being told. they say there were 12 people who suffered from hyperventilation. they say nine of those were taken to hospital, but they were all with minor injuries. so a very lucky escape, given what had happened, that an aviation expert said shouldn t have technically been possible. paula hancocks, thanks so much, appreciate it. coming up on cnn newsroom, , a ra wan dan refugee has been living the good life for decades now. now is in custody. a report on his capture and his alleged crimes against humanity in the rwanda genocide.
end. joining us now is the aviation expert fromjl end. joining us now is the aviation expert from jl s consulting. welcome to the programme. good to see you. tell us more about this claim. it tell us more about this claim. it has been long making its first flight in 2017, really a long time from the first test flight going into commercial service. it is a so called driver to air buses and boeing in the 737 family but that is to somewhat overstated from those two manufacturers have a strong market position globally. this aircraft is not yet in commercial service and is likely to have problems when it does enter service. it has still been having some tests and challenges in recent months. having said that the china market is enormous and the domestic market is one of the busiest and largest in the world. and the major chinese airlines are under state control so there is a degree of direction. so given the scope of that the market i
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