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Flights see plane passengers sitting in their seat for hours at a time as they fly through the sky. Passengers often complain about the temperature on aircraft, claiming to be either too hot or too cold. This is mostly remedied by adjusting the air conditioning or removing or adding layers of clothes. A traveller in China , however, had a very different - and dangerous - solution to this problem.

Flights: Plane passenger shocks as she opens aircraft door for ‘fresh air’ in viral video

A shocking viral video captured the woman on a Xiamen Airlines flight opening the plane door because it was “too stuffy.”

Said to be middle-aged, the unnamed plane passengers reportedly wanted some “fresh air” so opened the emergency exit.

The viral video of the alarming incident has been viewed over 18 million times in less than 24 hours.

Footage from the scene shows a row of passengers sitting next to the emergency exit which is wide open as the plane sits on the tarmac.

According to cabin crew on flight MF 8215, the incident happened on 23 September towards the end of boarding procedures.

Flight attendants on the plane at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport allegedly warned the woman and others near her not to touch the lever of the emergency door after she was shown to her seat - a caution she reportedly disregarded.