Passenger opens door on boarding Air Canada flight

[Icare9]

Sounds to be one of the daftest passengers ever, what did he think he was doing? Wardrobe, toilet?
Some people shouldn't be allowed to roam free.
Air Canada passenger opens cabin door and falls out of plane before take off - forcing a six-hour delay for fellow flyers
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12958977/Air-Canada-passenger-cabin-door-falls-plane.html

[KaraokeMan]

Yikes did he give a reason why?

[Sziget]

Ahh. The famous 777 jumbo jet...

[boaclhryul]

Local news just says "The man in question normally boarded the aircraft, a Boeing 777, but instead of going to his seat, he opened the cabin door at the opposite end of the plane. ... Peel [Region] police confirmed they were called to the scene and determined the man was in a state of crisis when the incident occurred and suffered relatively minor injuries. He was apprehended by police and transported to a local hospital for treatment."

[DaveReidUK]

Local news just says "The man in question normally boarded the aircraft, a Boeing 777, but instead of going to his seat, he opened the cabin door at the opposite end of the plane.

Most reports state that he boarded and immediately open the door opposite the one via which he had entered.

Happened 5 days ago.

[oceancrosser]

Not surprised the way I have seen pax leave their logical thinking behind as they board an airplane.

[EEngr]

Yikes did he give a reason why?
He didn't want to wait for the door to open itself? ;)

[Auxtank]

Local news just says "The man in question normally boarded the aircraft,"

and abnormally deboarded it.

[Sailvi767]

I once had a passenger open an over wing exit because he wanted to insure he knew how to work it. Long delay!

[KRviator]

But did he grab any beers like that JetBlue FA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBlue_flight_attendant_incident) did?

[Gizm0]

Give it a rest guys. The article - and the police comments - clearly indicated that this chap had medical issues. He is very fortunate not to have been severely injured.

Mods: how about deleting this entire thread??

[Pilot DAR]

The local Toronto news is reporting another attempt, this one during cruise LHR to YYZ

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/man-attempts-open-door-mid-flight-1.7090608