He just wanted to open a window.

At least that’s the claim of a 25-year-old Chinese man, now facing an $11,000 fine after opening the emergency exit door of a plane because he felt “stuffy” on the flight.????It happened at the Mianyang airport.

According to the South China Morning Post, waiting to get off the flight, the man identified only as Chen pulled on the handle of the emergency exit door in the aisle, telling ThePaper.cn, “Because it was so stuffy, so hot on the plane, I just pushed down on the window handle beside me.

When the door fell out, I panicked.”????According to International Business Times, In addition to the fine, Chen was also detained for 15 days.

It’s unclear whether this was Chen’s first time flying, but the airline isn’t allowing for leniency, saying in a statement all passengers were informed of the emergency exits before take off and that the door needed considerable force to open.????Oddly enough, according to the South China Morning Post this is just one of several eerily similar incidents, causing China to impose flying bans and other penalties on offenders.