An Emirates' A380 door "pops" in-flight
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An Emirates' A380 door "pops" in-flight
Not sure if this has been posted anywhere else but here goes:
My terror at 27,000ft: Jet door blew open and crew plugged gap with blankets, says Briton | Mail Online
I remember we used to plug the door seals on a BAC 1-11 with wet Kleenex when they started squealing. No terror though!no cowering behind a passenger seat, we just got on with it.
My terror at 27,000ft: Jet door blew open and crew plugged gap with blankets, says Briton | Mail Online
I remember we used to plug the door seals on a BAC 1-11 with wet Kleenex when they started squealing. No terror though!no cowering behind a passenger seat, we just got on with it.
Know of a similar story with a Britannia, circa. late '50's, door seal plugged with blankets, then water thrown over them which froze and successfully plugged the gap.
This does seem to be a bit more then simply a leaking seal tho'. 1 1/2 inches gap, if the Daily Wail are to be believed - and we do believe them, don't we ? !!
This does seem to be a bit more then simply a leaking seal tho'. 1 1/2 inches gap, if the Daily Wail are to be believed - and we do believe them, don't we ? !!
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An Emirates' A380 door "pops" in-flight
What's going on here?
A passenger says an exit door opened in flight, and provides a photo of pillows and blankets being used as stuffing in the gap.
Emirates says there was a "whistling" noise on the flight?
Emergency Exit door opens in explosion on Emirates Airbus A380 | News.com.au
A passenger says an exit door opened in flight, and provides a photo of pillows and blankets being used as stuffing in the gap.
Emirates says there was a "whistling" noise on the flight?
Emergency Exit door opens in explosion on Emirates Airbus A380 | News.com.au
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It was the same on the DC10 (and no not THAT door) blankets were stuffed under the whistling door which would sometimes seal itself with one hell of thump when the pressurisation kicked in.
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"Mr Reid, who has a private pilot's licence,"
Read more: Emergency Exit door opens in explosion on Emirates Airbus A380 | News.com.au
More worrying is that Mr Reid has a pilots licence but forgets his basic physics, in his world low pressure outside can overcome the high pressure inside to "rush into the cabin"!!!
He should be sent back to school as a danger to flight! He might have an opposite reaction in an emergency!!
Read more: Emergency Exit door opens in explosion on Emirates Airbus A380 | News.com.au
More worrying is that Mr Reid has a pilots licence but forgets his basic physics, in his world low pressure outside can overcome the high pressure inside to "rush into the cabin"!!!
He should be sent back to school as a danger to flight! He might have an opposite reaction in an emergency!!
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Here is what I posted in return on the site but for some reason it would not show on the page....
Ok speaking as an A380 pilot, I have to say this article is almost laughable in almost every part.
1) The picture showing the "door indicator" is actually the passenger call indicator indicating that someone was obviously so bothered by this that they wanted a Gin and Tonic.
2) If a door had "blown" as the article had suggested, do you think with an approximate pressure differential between inside and outside of 8.5 PSI that a blanket would stop everyone from being sucked out?
3) I would love to know how you can hide under an A380 jumpseat, there is barely enough room to keep a lifejacket there.
4) There is no curtain between Economy and Business class, they are separated by....... a floor.
This was nothing more than a leaky seal in a door and the blankets were for passenger comfort on a short (2.5 hour flight). I suggest Mr Reid needs a groundschool PPL refresher on basic physics and principles of flight and leaves operating these multi-million pound aircraft to the people who actually know what they are talking about.
Harsh but fair?
Ok speaking as an A380 pilot, I have to say this article is almost laughable in almost every part.
1) The picture showing the "door indicator" is actually the passenger call indicator indicating that someone was obviously so bothered by this that they wanted a Gin and Tonic.
2) If a door had "blown" as the article had suggested, do you think with an approximate pressure differential between inside and outside of 8.5 PSI that a blanket would stop everyone from being sucked out?
3) I would love to know how you can hide under an A380 jumpseat, there is barely enough room to keep a lifejacket there.
4) There is no curtain between Economy and Business class, they are separated by....... a floor.
This was nothing more than a leaky seal in a door and the blankets were for passenger comfort on a short (2.5 hour flight). I suggest Mr Reid needs a groundschool PPL refresher on basic physics and principles of flight and leaves operating these multi-million pound aircraft to the people who actually know what they are talking about.
Harsh but fair?
Ahh, you gotta laugh:
Reminds me of when I used to process my own B&W prints, and I had to cover the windows to stop the dark leaking out.
A sudden rush of ‘thin air’ from outside ...
Reminds me of when I used to process my own B&W prints, and I had to cover the windows to stop the dark leaking out.
The Wonders of Kleenex
Hi Crewmeal,
Ah those long gone happy days of flying the 1-11, full load to Tunis, Madrid Naples etc in high summer. Then there were WAT limits & water injection amongst other things to consider, we certainly got through a few Kleenex too didn't we? We used wet tissues as well, back when flying for HM the Q, on the rear pressure bulkhead of the RAF Andover, just in front of the opening rear doors.
Not the same these days is it?
Ah those long gone happy days of flying the 1-11, full load to Tunis, Madrid Naples etc in high summer. Then there were WAT limits & water injection amongst other things to consider, we certainly got through a few Kleenex too didn't we? We used wet tissues as well, back when flying for HM the Q, on the rear pressure bulkhead of the RAF Andover, just in front of the opening rear doors.
Not the same these days is it?
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short flights long nights
I agree Payscale, as soon as I read the article I thought, someone is after some money to pay for their "trip of a lifetime".
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Apart from the ever consistent Daily Mail "reporting" of this event, it's nice to see that, even with the advancement in technology, the basics of engineering are still deemed relevant....
" Mr Reid, who has a private pilot's licence, said that after several moments of confusion, the cabin crew started grabbing blankets and pillows which they stuck together with duct tape to fill the gap."
" Mr Reid, who has a private pilot's licence, said that after several moments of confusion, the cabin crew started grabbing blankets and pillows which they stuck together with duct tape to fill the gap."
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".... now chest infection...later...compensation!!! Nice try"
Yes, I read that, was wondering how you get a chest infection
from what MAY have been something !
Another passenger / media beat up.
Yes, I read that, was wondering how you get a chest infection
from what MAY have been something !
Another passenger / media beat up.
