Do planes ever get locked ?
Hi guys just another question from me.
When planes are parked up (ie 747) (not at the gates), but away from the terminal area do they get locked ? If so how are they locked or unlocked if this is the case. How can you open the doors, do they have keys/key pads etc ? It's just something I was thinking about ? LDG |
You don't expect anyone to tell you that. Whats your name OBL?
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There have been threads about this before.
Apparently the only 'keys' you get with your shiny new 747-400 are for the cockpit and come with a nice 'Boeing' keyring. These keyrings are highly prized and tend to get half-inched pretty quickly. You can't really 'lock' an airliner as such, and you'll notice airliners parked up at museums have padlocks on the doors. Quite who is going to hot-wire a 40-year old VC10 and fly it away I don't know! |
Best joke ever, when doing preflight checks, we have to check for the cockpitkey as well: In my Airbus 320 the key read 'Boeing'!!
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raf sar wessex had padlocks. they were put on after someone got in to one that was parked overnight on the west end car park in ft william.
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Many years ago the FD keys to all the BAC, McDonnell Douglas, Airbus and Boeing aircraft were the same. I am sure that following 9/11 this will have been changed.
I seem to recal however that light a/c do have lockable doors for when they are left at remote airstrips. |
Airbus keys are Renault car keys - seriously!
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When I worked on a Hawk flight line in a Middle Eastern country, we had to go out to the local souk and buy a couple of dozen padlocks, so that we could lock the canopy operating handles at the end of each days flying. This followed a series of incidents where cockpit switches had been tampered with, somtimes running batteries flat.
The culprits would either have been bored aircraft guards having a play around, or the Arab air force 'QA' personnel, having another attempt at making the 'white eyes' appear incompetent. |
I fly Airbus, and drive Renault, always wondering why they were so similar.
The Beech Bonanza I flew in training was certainly lockable, just as the Piper P28. At my local flying club the doors of the Pipers cannot be locked, but you need the a/c-specific key to be able to start the engine. |
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