Jin Air passenger captures video of unsealed plane door during flight

He later said he was “numb with a headache” on the flight and feared he “was going to die”.

Last month, a passenger jet belonging to another budget carrier, Jeju Air, plunged 3,000-meters in mid-air due to problems with its on-board air compression system. “How painful could it be for children?” asked another passenger Lee Sang-gyu.

Passenger Kim Jin-bae said a feeling of dread washed over him during the incident.

The man, and other passengers suffered severe headaches, after the terrifying Jin Air flight.

The passengers eventually arrived at their original destination of Gimhae airport in Busan, on the country’s south-east coast 15 hours later than scheduled after boarding a different plane.

A plane carrying 163 passengers was forced to turn back around 40 minutes into the flight after it was found that the plane doors were not entirely shut.

The company says no immediate defect was found in the jet.

A Jin Air official admitted that the sounds might have been caused by the plane’s front door not being completely closed.

Video filmed on board the flight, which was operated by South Korean budget airline Jin Air, showed a visible gap between the door and door frame, and a unusual noise could be heard.

The South Korean transport ministry said it is also investigating the incident.

They are expanding global routes to Asian countries, heightening competition and squeezing the bottom line of full service airlines.