Originally Posted by
D Bru
Surprisingly, the door plug diagram published by NTSB, sourced from Boeing (sic!), shows the two bottom spring rods in a compressed position in a door plug open situation, while the door plug remains flush with the bottom doorframe. In reality, of course, in an open door plug situation the spring rods would be flush with the top of their guide brackets attached to the door plug frame and the door plug itself would be lifted from the bottom doorframe, commensurate with the distance travelled by the spring rods.
The springs only take a percentage of the weight of the door plug, you would still need to lift it upwards to disengage it.