A man leapt from a moving aircraft as it taxied along a runway in Malaysia, sparking panic among passengers.
A witness told Asia News Network that the man suddenly tore open the emergency door and jumped from the plane as the Air Asia flight made its way to the runway.
Passengers of the domestic flight from Miri to Kuala Lumpur said the flight was delayed for over an hour after the raft automatically opened.
Captain Datuk Mazputra, Air Asia’s regional head of flight operations, told the agency the aircraft had just begun taxiing towards its takeoff spot when the passenger, believed to be in his mid-20s, jumped up from his seat and bolted towards the emergency exit.
