Woman tries to open door during flight...

[minitour]

Yes ... dinner.


Minh

LMFAO

 

[El Cóndor]

Any pressurization whatsoever would prevent the door from being opened. Most airplanes keep a small differential right up until landing to prevent rapid pressure increases during descent.

KSEA field elevation is 433' ASL. The airplane's cabin was probably close to that already, so it's cabin differential was around two pounds per square inch.

Let's say the main door is six feet high and three feet wide, or 72 inches by 36 inches, for a total of 2592 square inches. At a cabin differential of 2 psi, that works out to a force of 5184 pounds keeping the door closed!

To be fair, most doors have a small flap that opens when the handle is swung, relieving any residual pressure. The door can't be lifted off its mounting lugs though, unless all pressure is relieved, which would mean waiting for the entire cabin to depressurize through the flap.

I thought I read somewhere that a flight attendant was killed when she was sucked out of the airplane and fell to the tarmac just as she was opening the door to evacuate the pax on an airplane that had performed an emergency landing or something. I just don't remember whether she was opening a door or an emergency window . . . I think it was a door.

 

[FN FAL]

I thought I read somewhere that a flight attendant was killed when she was sucked out of the airplane and fell to the tarmac just as she was opening the door to evacuate the pax on an airplane that had performed an emergency landing or something. I just don't remember whether she was opening a door or an emergency window . . . I think it was a door.

It was a portal to the other side...

 

[EagleRJ]

I thought I read somewhere that a flight attendant was killed when she was sucked out of the airplane and fell to the tarmac just as she was opening the door to evacuate the pax on an airplane that had performed an emergency landing or something. I just don't remember whether she was opening a door or an emergency window . . . I think it was a door.

That happened on an American A-300. The plane had a pressurization problem, and when it landed, the flight attendant opened a door before the crew could release the residual pressure, and was ejected out onto the concrete.

It varies from plane to plane, but on most plug doors, you can lift the door over the mounting dogs with a little residual pressure differential, at which point the door will open forcefully, with the cabin equalizing with the atmosphere through the door. Like I said, some doors have a small flap to relieve this residual pressure, but I guess the A-300 doesn't. Normally, the outflow valve will open after landing to do the same thing, but it wasn't working on that A-300.

 

[joe_pilot]

Haven't you watched Court TV and the other women's cable channels like Lifetime network? Men are evil and if they lift a hand to prevent women from doing something stupid, they shall be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

FN, once again...That's funny. But don't you know there are actually TWO kinds of guys on Lifetime?? The jerk-wife-beating-child-molesting first guy and the Dr-Phil-sensitive-ripped-abs-flannel-wearing NEW guy.

If he were the NEW guy, then he was just trying to protect the passengers.

-J

 

[Spinplate]

Wip it out and give her something else to yank on!

 

[FN FAL]

Wip it out and give her something else to yank on!

hehehe...now I got to commute an hour to the airport with that image in my head.

 

[FracCapt]

I'm guessing somebody yelled DOOOOR! It's a natural reflex(for those that have any clue what I'm referring to) to try to open the nearest door at that point.

 

[FracCapt]

But at least if you gain conciousness, you and the old lady might have time to do an impromtu two-way on the way down...I'd suggest you start with a round and then do alternating side bodys, then back to a round. You'll get one point for the exit and one point for each formation you assemble after that. You might as well suck it down, as breaking off and tracking is only good for people smart enough to leave the plane with a rig on.

No point for exit! The only exits that get any points are the really cool ones done intentionally.....like when we were able to create a 5 person chain hanging from the door of a Skyvan. We were going for 8....but when #6 was climbing down the chain #1 lost his grip from all the force....and of course, it turned into a big ass zoo dive after that...with lots of geeking.

 

[Spooky 1]

Hewlett Packard had an female employee jump out of their Twin Otter while enroute to or from SAC a few years ago. Nice!


The B777 has an interlock that prevents you from moving the door handles above 80kts, as I recall?

 

[bafanguy]

Had a guy open the door on one of our DC3's over SGF in '68 and fall out. Never found him again.


Speculation was he was hammered and thought he was getting hold of the lav door which was directly opposite the cabin door. And, yep, the safety chains were installed shortly after this incident. Well, you just can't think of everything in advance.

The airplane landed in SGF where the local Barney Fife tried to arrest the captain.

Conspiracy theorists say he opened the door then hid in the tailcone area until after the airplane landed, then slipped away in the night as the airplane sat on the ramp. Widow collects insurance...they both live happily ever after someplace else.

I say the wild animals just ate him.

 

[FN FAL]

I say the wild animals just ate him.

From the home offices in Toad Suck Ferry Arkansas, the top ten "humans are for dinner" comments...

10. But we had Italians for dinner last night...

9. I think this one is about to turn...

8. Who wants a neck...

7. You don't bake them, them's Friars...

6. I think I have a frogman stuck in my throat...

5. They do taste like chicken...

4. No thanks, I don't like organ meats...

3. Give that to Mikey, he'll eat anything...

2. Comedians sure taste funny...

And the number one comment made when "hummans are for dinner"...

1. Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't!

 

[cforst513]

Hey, if I was sitting where I could see her trying to do it, she'd probably would have been taken off on a stretcher. Old lady or not.

bite your tongue, my friend. my mom is 54, turning 55 in october, and she's NOT old!!! you can't call this 52 year old lady "old"!!!! my mom and i will kick your butt!!!