OK so it was really more than a month ago that a private plane had a cobra on board - underneath the pilot's seat. Good thing that was South Africa and not North America. "A bite from a Cape cobra is lethal and can kill someone in just 30 minutes." There were four passengers, along with the pilot.
None of them tried to open the emergency exit door like the passenger on the South Korean-bound flight. I wonder how he would have felt with the deadly snake on board. Suffocating might seem a better alternative in comparison. For that activity, he faces ten years in prison.
The question comes up about how that could happen. Supposedly the emergency exit is locked and the pilot is the only one with control to unlock it during a flight. Another article says the plane's computer does this.
"Alaska Airlines passenger Alexander Michael Herrera attempted to open the plane’s emergency exit door midflight between Anchorage, Alaska, and Portland, Ore., on Monday. There was no danger to passengers, as the emergency exit door was locked during flight. Who unlocks a plane’s emergency exit in the event of an actual emergency?"
The answer? "A computer does it. Most of the jets in the Alaska Airlines fleet are Boeing 737NGs. The over-wing exit doors in these planes are equipped with electronic locks that engage only when the plane is in flight. If the plane slows to a near stop or loses altitude, the door will unlock."
That article, outlining aircraft safety is HERE. The article thought it was good news that no one would have the strength at 35,000 to be able to open the door. It would be like lifting a subcompact car.The South Korean flight was at 750 feet. But it goes on to outline all the flights where passengers tried to open doors, or did open doors on the tarmac for various reasons - e.g. annoyance, crying baby, fed up with work, and so on.
I never read these articles before the pandemic, but now that social behaviour has gone amok, I seem to pay more attention to them. | 
