smujsmith wrote:
...After the loady had ensured that the Nav had suffered no injury, he noticed that the crew door handle had been moved to the jettison position why the door didn't go is a mystery. The loady, being a very bright bloke decided that the door needed some chains and chock tensioning to ensure it stayed firmly closed. Joe was informed when he woke up for landing....
I remember a Hercules arriving at Fairford with the handle of the crew door lashed by a chain and tensioner to the steps up to the flight deck. That would have been late 1969. I thought the aircraft had arrived from Cyprus - it was carrying a number of demijohns filled with some sort of liquid and some baskets of oranges. I seem to remember that there were a number of people, including the station photographer, waiting for the aircraft when it arrived.