Pax exit during taxi
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Pax exit during taxi
CNN is reporting two pax and a service dog decided to exit a flight via the slide during the taxi:
https://us.cnn.com/2020/12/21/us/la-...xit/index.html
https://us.cnn.com/2020/12/21/us/la-...xit/index.html
Last week it was someone getting ON a taxiing plane in Las Vegas.
Maybe we should just give up on the "gate" idea, and simply put bus-stop-like queue shelters along every taxiway.
Maybe we should just give up on the "gate" idea, and simply put bus-stop-like queue shelters along every taxiway.
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I remember on Boeing aircraft the cabin pressurized enough on engine start that the exits could not be opened. Were these folks parked, engines off rather than taxiing as the news bylines state?
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So how was the passenger able to open the exit? 727 days the engineer manually dropped the cabin Xft below ground level to prevent pressure bumps while taxying. 767,etc. did this automatically on engine start, with the squat switch depressurizing on landing. Someone who flies Airbus care to answer.
The support dog and behavior changing seats raises the question whether one of the passengers who exited may have been autistic or suffering from some other mental problem. What were the cabin crew doing? Self evidently they had armed the doors and were presumably carrying out the passenger briefing. Tricky situation and with running engines fortunate that nothing more serious happened. The exchange between the pushback driver or supervisor and cockpit must have been interesting.
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Thank you for the response. I also understand from a little research that Airbus planes do not have plug type main cabin doors. That would explain why they are easier to open with engines running than some Boeings used to be. I also see that "generate some airflow" has resulted in some violent door openings caused by delta P anomalies. In such a bazaar year it was lucky dog, passenger (and Christmas presents?) weren't forcibly ejected along with slide deployment.
Thank you for the response. I also understand from a little research that Airbus planes do not have plug type main cabin doors. That would explain why they are easier to open with engines running than some Boeings used to be. I also see that "generate some airflow" has resulted in some violent door openings caused by delta P anomalies. In such a bazaar year it was lucky dog, passenger (and Christmas presents?) weren't forcibly ejected along with slide deployment.
