Turkish airliner crashes at Schiphol

[Desk Jockey]

Originally Posted by Pontious Navigator

The roof was hacked by the fire and rescue team.

Originally Posted by Pontious Navigator

Early on there was TV coverage showing a rescuer on the roof attacking the fuselage with an axe. The shot was from the starboard side.
It seemed odd at the time that they had not tried entry through a side window; had there been sign of life it is perhaps more likely that a window would have been used for entry or exit.

The rescuer was hacking at the structure protruding through the crown skin probably in an attempt to release the flight deck door not to gain entry directly.
I don't recall if there is an external release for the dv window on the 737. I think you may have to cut in through the skin and release the window at the top.