Ajay Tiwari was seated at 16A, near the emergency exit. Other passengers told the crew he was acting strangely after boarding. He started touching the emergency gate, which alarmed all the passengers on board. When the cover was opened, there was panic among passengers, crew, and pilots. A crew member quickly replaced the cover and the passenger was taken off the plane. As per the safety experts, the emergency exit handle has a cover to stop it from opening by mistake. If this cover is removed, the handle can stay open, which may cause the emergency exit door to open during landing and it could be very dangerous. The cover is made so it cannot open by accident. It must be pulled open with force. Meanwhile, Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport director Puneet Gupta said that only the airline concerned had full information about the case. The complaint against Ajay Tiwari was made by the airline authorities. A passenger can open the emergency exit only after trying hard enough.
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