Originally Posted by
BoeingDriver99
Hey guys; this is no biggie. Just another airframe malfunction issue from Boeing. Happens all the time. Nothing to worry about. I’m sure everything is totally sorted inside of Boeing right now.
A quick Google doesn’t reveal the same issues occurring with any other manufacturers but I sit to be corrected.
I wonder - and this is purely a hypothetical thought - was the door partially armed inadvertently by some passenger fiddling that was never noticed by the crew and allowed the mechanism to be partially primed for an inadvertent deployment due to constant turbulence/vibrations over time?
Passengers don't have any role in arming doors. The window doors are just there, and the others are armed by the flight crew. About the only thing a passenger could do is open the door. As noted above, this was not an aircraft door that opened, it was a wing slide that is external to the aircraft cabin.