Originally Posted by
tonytales
Even a slight amount of cabin pressure would have prevented the L-1011 inward-opening doors from opening. We narrowly avoided what happened later in Saudi Arabia. There is much to be said for a few cable-operated valves.
It's been a long time, but didn't the doors have a vent in them that opened when you pulled manual release T handle, to dump any residual pressure?
Maybe I'm imagining things after all these years.