A passenger tried to open a plane exit door on an ALL NIPPON flight from Tokyo, Japan, to Houston, Texas, USA.
Numerous comments on the newspaper article pointed out that you cannot normally open a door in-flight, at height. Air pressure stops the door opening.
On another occasion, another passenger had tried opening the door on or near ground level.
However, even though the recent attempt to open the plane door was not a risk, when at height, it is disturbing having a passenger doing dangerous things which could seem likely to injure others, either in his mind, or other passengers' minds.
When he cannot open the door, what will he do next? Might he attack somebody else if thrarted by the plane, by a person, a calm person, an angry person, somebody trying to resttrain him, or even somebody trying to simple talk. He might be trying to kill himself or others. He might be having a panic attack. His mood might change. The other passengers themselves might be roused to action, panic stricken or angry.
Second Incident!
The flight was diverted to land earlier at Seattle, so the passenger could be removed. While the plane was an the runway, a second passenger caused disruption and was removed.
The plane was apparently four hours late at the original destination.
Would you fall asleep happily after witnessing that, or hearing about it on your flight?
The person who allegedly tried to open the door was not named nor shown in photos. Everybody risks stress, and financial loss. Maybe missed connecting flights.
Flight Damage
A list of air rage incidents recorded in Wikipedia includes an incident in which the interior pane of a window was broken by a passenger.
Useful websites
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgmjzlj0g30o
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_air_rage_incidents
https://www.iata.org/en/programs/passenger/unruly-passengers/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unruly-passenger-all-nippon-airways-flight-tokyo-houston-seattle-divert/
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