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Old 16th Sep 2017, 22:15
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Quartz-1
 
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Cockpit evacuation query

Do pilots unlock the cockpit door in an emergency?

I've been watching some plane crash videos and it occurred to me that were I sitting in one of the front-most seats, the best evacuation option for me might be not the passenger door but the one the pilots use - out the cockpit window. Of course, nowadays the cockpit door is ordinarily locked. So is it part of the pilots' evacuation procedure to unlock that door?
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