Sky News this evening..

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Just seen an articule on it saying that a plane had to make an emergancy stop in Germany after two British women tried to open the cabin door mid flight.

Question - when in flight is it easy for any lunatic who takes it into their head to open these doors?.

*Kol*

Mairt wrote: »

Just seen an articule on it saying that a plane had to make an emergancy stop in Germany after two British women tried to open the cabin door mid flight.

Question - when in flight is it easy for any lunatic who takes it into their head to open these doors?.

It's impossible to open a cabin door in flight due to the pressurisation of the cabin. The doors are a plug type so the pressure in the cabin makes it impossible for somebody to open them from the inside in flight.

electric69

*Kol* wrote: »

It's impossible to open a cabin door in flight due to the pressurisation of the cabin. The doors are a plug type so the pressure in the cabin makes it impossible for somebody to open them from the inside in flight.

Yep, not even a round-house-kick from chuck Norris could open one of them!

Fabio

Still it must be disturbing for pax to have to see it happen especially when they are drunk and violent.

Many would have had no idea they couldn't be opened the poor souls!!

Run_to_da_hills

Drive your car off a pier into the sea with all windows up, then try opening the doors, Thats exaxtly how difficult it would be to open the door of a plane at 30'000 ft.

*Kol*

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Drive your car off a pier into the sea with all windows up, then try opening the doors, Thats exaxtly how difficult it would be to open the door of a plane at 30'000 ft.

Good example, but the pressure on the door of your car in that case is coming from the outside, in the aircraft the pressure is coming from the inside.

fitz0

electric69 wrote: »

Yep, not even a round-house-kick from Chuck Norris could open one of them!

Woah woah lets not be hasty now!

Bluenarf

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Drive your car off a pier into the sea with all windows up, then try opening the doors, Thats exaxtly how difficult it would be to open the door of a plane at 30'000 ft.

Well, the presure is lower outside. Th pressure inside pused the door up agains a shroud, which has a seal around it. Which means, as the pressure ouside decreases, the seal gets better. Thats why when you see em opening the doors, they open in the way first, this pulls the door back from the shroud, and they can then swing it out normally.

Deusvia

Thats a good one. I have just read this article of an incident that happened in America:

July 18, 2008

OKLAHOMA CITY — An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City Friday after a passenger stripped, put his clothes back on and then tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a Major League Soccer team on board, the FBI said.

Members of the New England Revolution helped grab the man near an exit door and tie wraps were placed on his wrists, FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was taken off the flight in Oklahoma City and was undergoing mental evaluation, Johnson said.

American Flight 725, a Boeing 757, arrived in Oklahoma City at 1:35 p.m. CDT and was back in the air an hour later on the way to Los Angeles, said Tim Smith, a spokesman for American Airlines.

The trouble began when a man on the flight emerged from a bathroom without his clothes on, Johnson said.

"He was asked to go back to the bathroom to put his clothes on and he did and went back to his seat and then allegedly attempted to open an aircraft emergency exit door," Johnson said.

"Members of the Major League Soccer team, the New England Revolution, were on the flight. They were able to subdue him. The pilot diverted the plane to Will Rogers World Airport.

"He was taken into custody by the Oklahoma City Police Department and taken to a crisis center for a mental evaluation."

CHD

electric69 wrote: »

Yep, not even a round-house-kick from chuck Norris could open one of them!

lol you do realise you just doubted Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris could open it with his finger.

kermit_ie

So, who were these security folks who subdued the women?

Tenger

Mairt wrote: »

Question - when in flight is it easy for any lunatic who takes it into their head to open these doors?.

Pretty much any time the cabin crew are doing a service in the cabin. While you 'know' the doors can't open you still don't want someone messing with those handles. Aircraft doors are quite sensitive when armed for departure.