Originally Posted by
Volume
Highly improbably that it moved down by itself.
Posts #12:
Originally Posted by
thatoneoranother
the handle cover fell (we all heard the noise) without being touched by anybody and the handle half opened - the aircraft was full and any passenger would have noticed an intentional action to open it!!!
And 13:
Originally Posted by
Piltdown Man
But the wire is regularly broken and the handle can fall to the open position.
would suggest that that's exactly what did happen.