First at all I want to say that is very sad what happened. And my thoughts are with his family and who knew him.
I do not know the specifics of this accident, my comment was more in general on what I often see.
Everybody knows how to safely open a door when everything goes as it should.
Unfortunately sometimes things break and if you are not ready it can be very dangerous. Talking from my experience on the type I fly, if something break in the door system and you are at the wrong place, you would be lucky to get away with it.
That he was very experienced and respected and he knew how to open the door, does not mean that we should not try to learn(or relearn) how to avoid accidents.
Last edited by flydive1; 5th Jan 2018 at 20:44.