Originally Posted by
Cmon-PullUP
If the pilot had put in a bit of firm left rudder while pushing a very mildly negative G together with taking the power off the prop (minimizing prop wash), she would have been straight back into the plane again, and the door could be closed without effort.
Likewise if he put in a bit of right rudder and pulled a slightly positive G and increased power a bit, it would be nearly impossible for her to get back into the plane.
This is very normal when flying skydivers, even if the door there is hinged on the top - principles work anyhow.
This story has a wrong stink to it.
There's nothing 'stinky' about it. It's a sad, tragic tale of a young girl - obviously in mental turmoil either due to medication for Malaria or personal crisis - leaping to her death in a desperate state of mind.
It's happened before. It'll happen again.
I remember this particular story well. Similar aircraft.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/...rebeccaallison
"A decorated SAS veteran jumped out of an aircraft and fell 1,500 metres to his death, despite the desperate attempts of his co-pilot to stop him, an inquest was told yesterday.Judith Haig described how she tried in vain to hold on to her friend and business partner, Charles Bruce, when he unbuckled his seatbelt and opened the door of their Cessna 172 Skyhawk as they flew over Oxfordshire on January 8.
As Ms Haig grasped the waistband of his trousers with one hand and tried to control the aircraft with the other, Bruce, 45, pulled away and leapt out of the door, the inquest in Oxford heard."
RIP to both.