DHAKA: The Chinese police detained 25 plane passengers who opened emergency exits before take-off after becoming angry that their flight was delayed by snow, state media reported, in the latest incident of rowdy behavior by Chinese travelers.

They were forced to wait in their seats for hours on Saturday after their flight from the south-west city of Kunming to Beijing was delayed, Xinhua news agency said, reports The Straits Times.

After requesting that they be allowed off the plane for health reasons, some passengers ‘opened three emergency doors in an attempt to stop the flight’, forcing the plane to return to the terminal, Xinhua cited a passenger as saying.

Two of the passengers surnamed Zhou and Li were sentenced to 15 days in detention for violating public order, the state-run China News Service said.

They were members of a 25-person travel group which got ‘overly excited’, leading to the opening of the doors.

The other members of the group were detained for questioning, but apparently later released.

The passenger added that those on board were worried that the vice-captain was unable to control himself after he ‘swore and cursed’, Xinhua said.

BDST: 1910 HRS, JAN 11, 2015