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A depressed man attempted to open an emergency door of a Guwahati-Agartala flight mid-air and wanted to jump from the plane. According to police sources, the man Biswajit Debath is 41 years old from Jirania in West Tripura. He has been arrested for endangering the lives of hundreds of passengers on board.
He is said to have got into a fight with the crew members on board. He will be produced before a court today. Meanwhile investigations are going on.
The incident took place around 1 pm on Thursday when the plane was flying 15 miles from the runway of Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport. The crew members and some passengers intervened and prevented Bswajit from opening the emergency exit and the flight landed safely at Agartala.
Biswajit has confessed that he suffers from depression and that he was trying to jump from the flight by opening the emergency door.
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