An Air China Airbus 320 flying from Osaka, Japan, sits beside a covered bridge at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, May 16, 2024.
An Air China Airbus A320 similar to the one involved in the incident with a first-time flyer opening an emergency exit.
  • An Air China flight was canceled after a passenger accidentally opened an emergency exit.
  • Local media reported the first-time flyer confused the exit for a bathroom door, citing officials.
  • The incident took place on a flight due to fly from the eastern city of Quzhou to Chengdu in China's west.

A passenger opened an emergency exit after mistaking it for the bathroom door, according to Chinese media reports, which cited local officials.