Reuters: Asiana passenger reportedly opens A321 emergency exit during approach
appears they nearly had an emergency slide deployment too.
Another site states that the slide did deploy and was torn off by the airflow…I wonder where it ended up. I edited my post to reflect this.
According to the article they were at 200 ft so suspect within 1/2 mile of the end of the runway. I'd start looking about a mile back of the runway unless there were winds
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Because in these politically correct, woke days, if females were asked to touch a man's legs without his consent, it could lead to claims of molestation. Always safer to specifically ask for gender-neutral, non-binary persons, to avoid any sort of trouble in the air!
It has always been claimed that opening a door in-flight, even when the cabin was not pressurized, was impossible because of the airflow.
It seems that the combined wisdom of Pprune was wrong.
It seems that the combined wisdom of Pprune was wrong.
Where are all the posts that you are referring to?
AFAIK there are no door flt locks on the Airbus 320 series CEO. It is called a plug door because when it is shut the differential pressure pushes the lugs on the door against corresponding lugs on the airframe. On descent and approach the differential pressure equalises with ambient pressure to allow the doors to be opened in the event of an emergency.
I'm still impressed that the door assist system was able to open the door against the airflow though.
Could have been a whole lot worse if the slide had ended up wrapped around the tail section.
I'm still impressed that the door assist system was able to open the door against the airflow though.
Could have been a whole lot worse if the slide had ended up wrapped around the tail section.
Try looking in the Pax and SLF forum. Even in this thread people have said it should be impossible, and if there wasn't video evidence
i'm sure they would be claiming it didn't happen.
If I'm not mistaken, the door looks a bit skewed compared to its normal open position, suggesting something got a bit bent in the process ...
Every time there's an event where a passenger attempts to open a door in flight, many ppruners jump up to say it's impossible.
Try looking in the Pax and SLF forum. Even in this thread people have said it should be impossible, and if there wasn't video evidence
i'm sure they would be claiming it didn't happen.
Try looking in the Pax and SLF forum. Even in this thread people have said it should be impossible, and if there wasn't video evidence
i'm sure they would be claiming it didn't happen.
it’s impossible to open a door against a fully pressurised cabin. So can a cabin door be opened inflight? Yes, but only in very specific circumstances. In normal cruise flight, at cruise altitude, it’s impossible.
Doors like those on narrow-body Airbuses, that move upwards and then outwards, are subject to different considerations. It may be that cruise diff pressure is sufficient to prevent the upwards movement of the door, but I wouldn't want to bet on that. Nor, presumably, would Asiana.
It would be more accurate to say that it's impossible to open a door that initially moves inwards against a fully pressurised cabin, for obvious reasons.
Doors like those on narrow-body Airbuses, that move upwards and then outwards, are subject to different considerations. It may be that cruise diff pressure is sufficient to prevent the upwards movement of the door, but I wouldn't want to bet on that. Nor, presumably, would Asiana.
Doors like those on narrow-body Airbuses, that move upwards and then outwards, are subject to different considerations. It may be that cruise diff pressure is sufficient to prevent the upwards movement of the door, but I wouldn't want to bet on that. Nor, presumably, would Asiana.
"Imagine trying to open a car door at 100mph...impossible. Now try opening a door 2 x the size and weight at nearly 200mph. Also impossible unless the door opens backwards"
It would be more accurate to say that it's impossible to open a door that initially moves inwards against a fully pressurised cabin, for obvious reasons.
Doors like those on narrow-body Airbuses, that move upwards and then outwards, are subject to different considerations. It may be that cruise diff pressure is sufficient to prevent the upwards movement of the door, but I wouldn't want to bet on that. Nor, presumably, would Asiana.
Doors like those on narrow-body Airbuses, that move upwards and then outwards, are subject to different considerations. It may be that cruise diff pressure is sufficient to prevent the upwards movement of the door, but I wouldn't want to bet on that. Nor, presumably, would Asiana.
I’m going to point out that the 200mph comment makes no sense. This isn’t a car door, it has very powerful power assist. Its cross section against the airflow is quite small, and where this door is, is just behind the wing, so is aerodynamically blanked anyway.
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A crosswind on approach? Perhaps a crab into the wind on final changed laminar flow in the vicinity of LD3 in a manner that made the door fully open more easily than might otherwise have been the case?