Woman tried to open door for smoke on plane (midflight)

Victor · 21-11-2005 09:45PM

Fey! wrote:

Isn't alcohol blamed for so many criminal ongoings? Every week the local paper does the court reports, and every week the defendants solicitors use the line "my client had a drink/drug problem which caused him/her to perform this crime. He/she promises they'll be good from now on".
Can't we get the jail time for people who use this excuse doubled???

Actually drink / drugs is little defence in a court (medication is). It may be occassional used as an explanation for unusual behavior not consistant with the defendents track record and that the defendent has had treatment, doesn't drinking anymore, blah, blah, blah....

Franky Boy · 21-11-2005 09:48PM

The story is a bit dark.
I'd ****ing hate to see that.

Karoma · 21-11-2005 09:55PM

Dr.Poca wrote:

I wouldnt be so sure.I mean those doors are made to open easily in case of an emergency

I based my assumption on the difficulties encountered when one is drunk/drugged up trying to open an easier target such as a halldoor

Funkstard · 21-11-2005 09:55PM

Jaysus....surely the doors are designed so any joe soap isn't able to waltz up and open the door though?

It reminds me of the time my granny asked a flight attendant to open a window on the plane as it was getting stuffy. Bless.

jonny68 · 21-11-2005 10:19PM

:eek: :eek:

lazylad · 21-11-2005 10:43PM

She should be banned from flying or they should ban drink on planes if that is going to happen

seamus · 21-11-2005 10:54PM

Funkstard wrote:

Jaysus....surely the doors are designed so any joe soap isn't able to waltz up and open the door though?

Not really. Like any emergency exit, it must be openable in the event of an emergency.

21-11-2005 11:22PM

How fitting that she happened to be French.

monkeyfudge · 21-11-2005 11:30PM

Halle CoolS Femur wrote:

How fitting that she happened to be French.

Why?

Karoma · 21-11-2005 11:35PM

seamus wrote:

Not really. Like any emergency exit, it must be openable in the event of an emergency.

Maybe so, but as long as the cabin is pressurised - it's extremely unlikely that she could do it..

danniemcq · 21-11-2005 11:35PM

wonder will they put warning on the back of packs now?

21-11-2005 11:35PM

Because they're known for sneaking fags everywhere. I worked in a hotel in France with a non smoking restaurant, there were signs everywhere in French only saying DEFENSE DE FUMER, every single tourist from around the world understood not to smoke but 1 in 4 French guests would light up a fag. We even caught someone trying to hide behind a plant.

drdre · 22-11-2005 01:26AM

this is very very scary.:o

alleepally · 22-11-2005 01:28AM

Had to laugh at the photo to go along with the story... The contented smoker lighting up! ah yes, pure bliss :-)

seamus · 22-11-2005 10:23AM

monkeyfudge wrote:

Why?

The French are particularly militant and rebellious smokers. Did you see Gerard Depardieu on Jonathon Ross?

Pigman II · 22-11-2005 11:27AM

Judgements aside, is it actually possible for someone to just 'get up and open the door' in midflight? It's an emergency exit fair enough, but I would have thought there'd be at least all sorts of electric and mechanical locking mechanisms in place tied into the altitude/air pressure gauges that would make opening a plane at 30000ft impossible? Emergency or not trying to exit a plane at that height isn't going to do you much good?

Dave! · 22-11-2005 11:29AM

Good grief!

Stephen · 22-11-2005 01:30PM

I think you have to pull some kind of cord attached to a ring or something out of the door first. inflatable slide fun.

22-11-2005 01:37PM

For emerceny exits opening them is just a case of pulling a lever and pulling the door in, for the main doors, its a case of flicking out a handle turning it and opening the door. But in midflight, no, the doors will not open. That goes for both emergency exits and the main exits. They cannot open because of the outward-acting forces of the pressurized fuselage. The doors always open inward (usually inward, then outward or upward, but always inward first), and a person would not be capable of overcoming this force. So, in other words, the doors can't be opened until the aircraft is depressurized. You'll notice that on the sill of the main doors it often says DO NOT SIT. The reason they don't want you sitting there is to avoid messing with the inflatable escape slide that is contained inside the lower door structure.

seamus · 22-11-2005 01:52PM

D wrote:

For emerceny exits opening them is just a case of pulling a lever and pulling the door in

I knew there was a reason why the doors couldn't be opened when cabin was pressurised, I forgot they open in, not out.

magpie · 22-11-2005 02:14PM

Further proof that all passengers on all flights should be given a sedative Mr T style and then resusitated at their destination.

Setun · 22-11-2005 03:31PM

seamus wrote:

The French are particularly militant and rebellious smokers. Did you see Gerard Depardieu on Jonathon Ross?

What happened, must have missed it? Sounds interesting.

Karoma · 22-11-2005 07:49PM

Daddio wrote:

Sounds interesting.

..but most likely isn't.

It's acrually kind of absurd to punish her,knowing full well that she couldn't have opened the door. Isn't death enough of a deterrant for anyone who thought that they could be successful? Meh.

kjt · 22-11-2005 09:19PM

Karl Hungus wrote:

Proof that cigarettes should be banned outright!

HERE HERE!!!!!!

Closing Doors · 22-11-2005 11:58PM

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

You'd never get the thing lit either.

That's the real lesson to be learned here!

Anto and Moe · 28-11-2005 12:07AM

I need my backy fix!!!

Woman tried to open door for smoke on plane (midflight)

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