Plane door mistaken for toilet

29 September 2015 - 02:25 By Staff reporter

A passenger who allegedly tried to open a jet door at 30000ft above sea level - apparently after mistaking it for a toilet door - has been banned from flying with KLM for five years. James Gray was also fined à600 after the incident on an Edinburgh-Amsterdam flight.He insists he only touched the handle after confusing it with the door to the toilet.Gray, of Alloa, was escorted from the flight as soon as it touched down at Schiphol Airport. ..

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