Man tries to open Qantas door on descent

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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25983477-29277,00.html

QANTAS staff had to subdue a man who tried to open the door of a flight making its descent into Sydney airport early this morning, a fellow passenger said on arrival.


The man, who was clearly agitated, had been trying to stand up and move around the plane for about ten minutes during the descent, the witness who was about two rows away said, but staff managed to reseat him.



"The man, who was a big guy, stood up again and made a move for the middle door in the economy section.
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What a crazy guy!
 
The title of this story (in the newspaper) is totally wrong.
It should read 'Qantas Horror'! Man tries to open door in flight.':rolleyes::rolleyes:.
 
It's about time news updated their QF & JQ standard photo.

QF they show a B747-300 & JQ they show a B717!
 
You have to wonder what caused it to happen? Nervous flyer? Drunk too much?
 
He's probably just one of those who stand and insist on being first off the plane...:evil:
 
When the plane's in the air, is it actually possible to open the door, or does the outside pressure keep it closed?
 
It will be interesting to read the comments of the expert readers of nonews.com.au:rolleyes:
 
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samh004 said:
When the plane's in the air, is it actually possible to open the door, or does the outside pressure keep it closed?
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In a pressurised aircraft, I would expect (or hope) that the outside pressure was either less than, or equal to, that inside the aircraft.
 
Jet Aircraft Doors these days are built bigger than the opening*, so at high altitude, it would take a hull failure for the door to open.

*To open and close the doors are tilted though the fuselage opening. When in the closed position, the door is centred across the opening, parallel with and inside the fuselage.
 
samh004 said:
When the plane's in the air, is it actually possible to open the door, or does the outside pressure keep it closed?
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The door is designed to open inwards before opening, so at altitude in theory you couldn't open the door as the cabin pressure is forcing the door out. on decent I would all depend on the altitude and air pressure.
 
nlagalle said:
The door is designed to open inwards before opening, so at altitude in theory you couldn't open the door as the cabin pressure is forcing the door out. on decent I would all depend on the altitude and air pressure.
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Because of this you will find that the doors (incl cargo doors etc) are actually stronger than other parts of the fuselage.
 
A lot of people (mainly on the comments of NoNews site) say that the door would have been almost impossible to open (i.e. you needed to know how to do it and the method to do so on an armed door in the air is rather esoteric).

Only one comment was about the man and how crazy he was; a couple of comments said it was "an easy way to fly in [premium] class".

In other words, many people wouldn't have cared for any action because the man wouldn't be able to do squat at the door anyway in 97% of cases.

P*** poor attitude IMO - I'm glad he was subdued. I hope he will be charged, but he'll probably plead non-character behaviour and "apologise", then get off with a warning and no charge.
 
Even though I made a bit of a joke about it earlier I agree with anat0l .
There has been far too many incidents with passengers who cause trouble getting off lightly because they were affected by alcohol or drugs etc,it's about time for a trouble maker to be made an example of and given more than just a slap on the wrist.
 
samh004 said:
When the plane's in the air, is it actually possible to open the door, or does the outside pressure keep it closed?
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Due to the air pressure within the aircraft cabin being higher than that of the surrounding atmosphere, the door seals itself closed as the aircraft climbs and the pressure differential increases. This prevents the opening of a plug door on board a pressurized aircraft.
 
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