Read previewAn American Airlines flight descended into chaos on Tuesday when a traveler tried to open an emergency exit door mid-air, forcing other passengers to restrain him before he was duct-taped and zip-tied, witnesses said. "He ripped down the handle where it exposed some of the emergency exit and all the wind came rushing down," Ritz told the news outlet. Blaze Ward, one of the fliers who helped subdue the man, told KOAT-TV that the man "was resisting, but there were no punches, at least not to me." This guy opened the emergency exit door. "This guy opened the emergency exit door.

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