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Old 29th Jan 2010, 07:46
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Tinwacker
 
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Plug doors

You will not open Boeing or Airbus doors in flight!! No matter how strong you are.
I believe that is very true.....

In a passed life I was closely involved with a smoke evacuation test on a B747-100. This meant I and another were lashed into the aircraft with 1.5" rope and body harness. The aircraft was depressurised at FL100 and the two redundant engineers tried to open door 1L, we managed to just crack the door and no more. I would even go to say it was the upper and lower gates that moved and not the actual door.

The idea being that in the event of cabin smoke the small cabin crew would crack open the forward and a rear door to create the draft and airflow to remove any smoke.....just like that

The noise from the airflow and roar was something I will always remember.

If a person was 'super human' the door handle would shear off first before any of these plug type doors began to open under pressurisation.

Well that was certainly kicked into touch.
But an idea that was explored, still alive to mention it - good plug!

TW
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