Watch: Passengers scared as Russian plane's door opens mid-air

New Delhi: A shocking video surfaced on social media which showed a rear door of a commercial Russian flight opening mid-flight. The cabin depressurized and sucked out the hats and luggage of the passengers onboard.

According to a report in the New York Post, the plane had taken off in minus-41-degree cold from the remote Siberican city of Magan en route to Magadan on Russia’s Pacific coast.

The plane was carrying around 25 people including six crew members. A video shared by one of the passengers showed the open rear door on the plane as a curtain by the open door flapped behind him.

✈️ Nothing unusual: in Russia, the door of the plane opened right during the flight at an altitude of several kilometers

An-26, flying from Magan to Magadan, suddenly depressurized – judging by the video, which was filmed by one of the passengers, the back door was half opened. pic.twitter.com/GdBFdHdRML

— Oriannalyla