OT - Can a Plane Door Actually Open Mid-Flight

[Tim+]

Given that you've given the most completely wrong answer in this thread, I think you're in a poor position to go calling folk pillocks Brian.

Tim

Brian Gaff wrote:

[Tim Lamb]

So what's this business when the captain tells the cabin crew to *arm* the doors for take off?

[Huge]

Emergency slides. "Cabin doors to manual" means to disable the automatic slide deployment. It's nothing to do with the doors "per se". You don't want the slide deploying into a Jetway - someone could get hurt. Opposite wise, "Cabin doors to automatic" means to arm the slides. And the "cross check" means to check that the person doing the door opposite yours has done it right.

[Fredxxx]

Cargo doors do sometimes open outward, where if they are not latched properly can have disastrous consequences.

Most passenger doors won't open if there is a pressure difference. Sadly that can also happen on the ground:

[The Natural Philosopher]

I assume that means disabling safety devices that might prevent a fast exit if it fails to take off.

I could be wrong...

[Jethro_uk]

Everyone should be *required* to watch a couple of air accident investigation programmes.

They might change their mind about what an "accident" is.

[Capitol]

The 707 doors opened outwards.

[Tim+]

They nearly all "open outwards". That doesn't preclude a plug design though.

Tim

[pamela]

Maybe winding down the window is easier?

[Bob Martin]

What if it's electric with no winding handle?

[fred]

This sounds so easy but a mother and daughter were tragically drowned after their car was pushed off the road and flipped upside down into a ditch whi ch was just the same width as the car, THe ditch had 82cm of water in it. P eople arriving on the accident heard screaming from withinthe car but were unable to force entry.

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