Originally Posted by LTNman
Central locking overhead lockers when taking off and landing would have stopped passengers taking their luggage down the chutes.
And if said fire was in an overhead compartment and the central locking couldn't unlock it because of burnt wires etc. so the crew could get to and extinguish the fire?
Just make the central locking engage when a constant voltage is applied. If power is cut or turned off then it defaults to release.