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Old 18th August 2015 | 03:34
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JammedStab
 
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Airliner balance question

Just reading an taxiing incident report about a 747 where they had to deplane the passengers using the most aft door.

According to the report, "When the step vehicle was properly in position at Door #5, the passengers started to disembark from the aircraft row by row at a steady pace to avoid a rapid weight shift (tail heavy situation) that would cause the aircraft to tip over on its tail."

I know that the aircraft is tail heavy on the ground with the body gear not extended but how much of a risk is there for a tip over in a normal configuration with a normal expected deplaning procedure.

Thoughts for other aircraft types as well?
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