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Old 28th May 2023, 07:21
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Originally Posted by albatross
From the photo it. appears they had an emergency slide deployment too.

Can we all agree that, impossible as it seems to some, that the man did indeed manage to get the door open in flight?
Originally Posted by bille1319
This is the first case of the emergency exit door being opened mid air for a suicide attempt. What's to prevent this occurring again now that we know these emergency exit doors easily open mid air? It doesn't fill me with confidence. Next time I'm on an airbus should I worry about the state of mind of the passengers sitting beside emergency exits. It took 911 to make great safety changes. Maybe airbus should look into this.
Wear a seat belt when close to the ground.
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