Opening a plane door while in flight , we're told it's impossible to do... but

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In what would be anyone's worst nightmare, a plane door opened in mid-air when a passenger grabbed the emergency exit lever.

Video shows passengers gripping onto their seats as the wind billowed into the aircraft as it descended towards the South Korean city of Daegu on Friday.

Children began shaking with fear and crying when the door of the Asiana Airlines plane opened suddenly, witnesses said.

Nine passengers were so terrified that they were sent to hospital with breathing difficulties once the plane landed safely at Daego airport at 12.40pm local time with the door still open.

Police have detained a male passenger in his 30s for questioning after he opened the door when the plane was still about 650ft above the ground, Yonhap News Agency reports. It is unclear why he did so.

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Some people on board tried to stop the man from opening the door but were unsuccessful, the Transport Ministry said.

The plane, carrying 194 people including 48 teenage athletes who were set to compete in a national sports event in the city of Olsan, had departed from the island of Jeju when the door opened.

'Children quivered and cried in panic,' the mother of one of the athletes said. 'Those sitting near the exit must have been shocked the most.'

An Asiana Airlines spokesperson said authorities were investigating how the door opened.

'Police are investigating the incident after a passenger who was sitting near the emergency exit said he touched its lever,' an Asiana Airlines spokesperson said.

Click here for the terrifying video..:eek:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...emergency-exit-lever.html?ico=related-replace

 

hollydolly said:
In what would be anyone's worst nightmare, a plane door opened in mid-air when a passenger grabbed the emergency exit lever.

Video shows passengers gripping onto their seats as the wind billowed into the aircraft as it descended towards the South Korean city of Daegu on Friday.

Children began shaking with fear and crying when the door of the Asiana Airlines plane opened suddenly, witnesses said.

Nine passengers were so terrified that they were sent to hospital with breathing difficulties once the plane landed safely at Daego airport at 12.40pm local time with the door still open.

Police have detained a male passenger in his 30s for questioning after he opened the door when the plane was still about 650ft above the ground, Yonhap News Agency reports. It is unclear why he did so.

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Some people on board tried to stop the man from opening the door but were unsuccessful, the Transport Ministry said.

The plane, carrying 194 people including 48 teenage athletes who were set to compete in a national sports event in the city of Olsan, had departed from the island of Jeju when the door opened.

'Children quivered and cried in panic,' the mother of one of the athletes said. 'Those sitting near the exit must have been shocked the most.'

An Asiana Airlines spokesperson said authorities were investigating how the door opened.

'Police are investigating the incident after a passenger who was sitting near the emergency exit said he touched its lever,' an Asiana Airlines spokesperson said.

Click here for the terrifying video..:eek:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...emergency-exit-lever.html?ico=related-replace
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click for video - no thanks you can keep it shut!!
 
that's why they advise always wear ya seatbelt unless moving around in the cabin - think they're being punctilious - of course!!
 
The plane was at 650 ft. above the ground. The doors can be opened. It’s when the plane gets about 8-10,000 feet altitude the doors can’t be opened. At 650 ft. I don’t know if anyone or anything inside the plane was affected by decompression.
 
Too much crazy stuff going on during flights of late. I always thought the door couldn't be opened during flight too but @Been There provided clarification about that in post #7. I saw a brief video and that must've been frightening. Again I ask..WHAT is WRONG with some people?!
 
I would agree that the cabin door could be opened at 650 ft. I remember back in 1989 when a United Airlines 747 had a cargo door blow off at about 22,000 feet. The plane left Honolulu and was flying to Auckland. Sudden decompression happened when the cargo door blew off and caused 9 people to be also blown out by the decompression. None of those nine people were ever found. This was a tragedy caused by a very poor design of the locking system of the door by Boeing. It’s an incident that some of us have never forgotten.

The cargo area and the passenger area are both pressurized.

United 811
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Too much crazy stuff going on during flights of late. I always thought the door couldn't be opened during flight too but @Been There provided clarification about that in post #7. I saw a brief video and that must've been frightening. Again I ask..WHAT is WRONG with some people?!
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I don't care that they are wrong, or crazy or.....I care they want us to accompany them in their madness!
 
oldman said:
I would agree that the cabin door could be opened at 650 ft. I remember back in 1989 when a United Airlines 747 had a cargo door blow off at about 22,000 feet. The plane left Honolulu and was flying to Auckland. Sudden decompression happened when the cargo door blew off and caused 9 people to be also blown out by the decompression. None of those nine people were ever found. This was a tragedy caused by a very poor design of the locking system of the door by Boeing. It’s an incident that some of us have never forgotten.

The cargo area and the passenger area are both pressurized.

United 811
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I don’t remember that disaster, but I remember in 1988 when the fuselage on the Aloha Airline plane blew open. That disaster only cost the airline 1 flight attendant from being blown out of the plane. I can’t even imagine if anyone is blown out of an airplane and remains conscious during the fall, the fear in one’s mind.
 
oldman said:
I would agree that the cabin door could be opened at 650 ft. I remember back in 1989 when a United Airlines 747 had a cargo door blow off at about 22,000 feet. The plane left Honolulu and was flying to Auckland. Sudden decompression happened when the cargo door blew off and caused 9 people to be also blown out by the decompression. None of those nine people were ever found. This was a tragedy caused by a very poor design of the locking system of the door by Boeing. It’s an incident that some of us have never forgotten.

The cargo area and the passenger area are both pressurized.

United 811
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When I first heard about this accident, I had just gotten off the plane in Miami when I heard about the accident. I had to read the story 3 or 4 times before I fully understood what happened. It made me ill and I never forgot about it.
 
Been There said:
The plane was at 650 ft. above the ground. The doors can be opened. It’s when the plane gets about 8-10,000 feet altitude the doors can’t be opened. At 650 ft. I don’t know if anyone or anything inside the plane was affected by decompression.
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From my limited knowledge, the plane was only at 650 ft and landing. The plane was already decompressed. What the passengers felt was the venturi effect of air passing by the open door. It's scary, but doesn't have the force of decompression at high altitudes.
 
Been There said:
I don’t remember that disaster, but I remember in 1988 when the fuselage on the Aloha Airline plane blew open. That disaster only cost the airline 1 flight attendant from being blown out of the plane. I can’t even imagine if anyone is blown out of an airplane and remains conscious during the fall, the fear in one’s mind.
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We were in Hawaii a couple of weeks later. I recall that story very clearly.
 
Jules said:
One later report said he was anxious and wanted to get out of the plane quickly.
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Who wouldn’t be? However, once you are on the ground and the engines are off, you are perfectly safe.

Seriously speaking, I suffered each time an accident occurred with loss of life. There’s always more than one reason why a plane crashes. After each crash, the NTSB investigated each accident. I always made sure that I followed the investigation, so that I wouldn’t make the same mistake. Once the reason was determined, they would make their suggestions to prevent a reoccurrence of the accident to the FAA, which would also hold hearings and make the final determination as to how they would precede in an attempt to prevent a further occurrence. This is why we have so many no-fault back-up systems on planes today. Most planes now have 3 or at least 2 radios. We have colored radar, so we can see how bad the storms are in front of us. We have Doppler radar in the nose of the plane to detect winds and storms. We have at least 2 or 3 Attitude Indicators, which are helpful when making turns or banking. We have many more warning detectors and instruments than ever before. Flying today is safer than it has ever been.

Even if the plane has not been configured properly for takeoff, the pilots get a warning. If the flaps and slats aren’t positioned properly before takeoff, the warning sounds. It’s just about impossible for pilots today to make a mistake. But, as they say in the business, there is always that 1% chance.

We were flying from New York to Sea-Tac (Seatttle-Tacoma) non stop. Actually, this was a charter of a professional baseball team going to Seattle to play a 3 game series and then would work their way back to New York with a few stops to play other teams on the road. We had left New York at 7 in the morning with about a 6 hour flight. You would be surprised what these guys do on a plane. Some sleep, some play tech games, some eat, some just sit and look out the window and some will read or do crossword puzzles.

We got a TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) warning, meaning that we were heading directly into the path of an oncoming plane. When that happens, the pilots get an aural warning. (Voice warning) The warning was to (“Descend Now!”) We are trained to descend 1000 ft., unless the traffic controller calls out a lower number, like 2000 ft. Within 3 minutes, a Southwest plane flew over top of us. And that’s how we save lives. You have to understand that there were a couple of accidents that happened until the NTSB and the FAA figured out what was necessary to correct this type of accident from happening again.

Just a little story for a Friday afternoon.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
From my limited knowledge, the plane was only at 650 ft and landing. The plane was already decompressed. What the passengers felt was the venturi effect of air passing by the open door. It's scary, but doesn't have the force of decompression at high altitudes.
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I know on some passenger jets and oldman knows more about this than I do, but pilots will at times turn on cabin pressurization long before others will do. I think most cabins are pressurized at about 8000 ft.or above, but I am not 100% positive about that. With an unpressurized cabin, the cabin door could be open, especially at such a low altitude.
 

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