If a planes doors is opened at 15,000, would a pilots be able to land the plane and would the people on board survive with the release of the internal pressure within and would there be enough oxygen to breath provided people are strapped into their seats.
I was involved in an air rage incident where a man tired to get Of the plane, on a Turkish airline, this is a question on our minds.
2006-09-18 02:56:10 · 19 answers · asked by Bolger N 2 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
Probably. People have climbed Mt. Everest without supplemental oxygen before, and that's 29,000+ feet. They had to acclimate to that height, of course, but they survived.
If someone opened a pressurized plane's door, the plane would suddenly depressurize. Commercial aircraft typically are pressurized to the equivalant of 8,000 feet, so while it would be noticable, it wouldn't be as much a shock as if you went from the equivalent of sea level to 15,000 feet. I don't know if anyone would suddenly embolize, and I doubt that it would suck anyone out of their seat. Loose paper may fly around the cabin, though. the noise would probably be terrific, too. If there were no structural damage or control issues, the pilots could probably land the plane with no other problems.
2006-09-18 03:06:20 · answer #1 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you'd have been fine.
Hollywood tends to overplay the effect of de-pressurisation (Goldfinger getting sucked out the window, anyone?). The difference in pressure is not *that* great, and the plane would equalise in only a couple of seconds or so. If you were standing right beside the door, you may have been sucked out, but I very much doubt anyone sitting in their seats, strapped in or otherwise, would have been moved at all.
As others have already said, there is oxygen enough to breathe at 15k foot, so that wouldn't be a problem either.
I think your biggest problems would be the noise and the cold and neither would do you any harm.
Besides, (again as others have said) with the pressure in the cabin, the guy would never have got the door open anyway.
Overall, I think you'd have had at least a 99% chance of landing perfectly safely.
2006-09-18 03:30:01 · answer #2 · answered by amancalledchuda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the plane would have a drop-down oxygen supply fitted, so yes.
If you're meaning without the use of oxygen, probably still yes. 15k ft isn't that high. Cabins on commercial aircraft are only pressurised to 12k in the first place. You'd likely be short of breath, a bit dizzy and suffer mild hypoxia but most people wouldn't pass out at that altitude or from rapid decompression that minimal.
2006-09-18 02:59:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
anthony e - Everest is 29,035 feet - NOT 26,000
Free fall parachutists jump out of planes at 10,000ft and higher. They fly all the way up from the ground with the door open, so being able to breath is not an issue.
Getting sucked out the door is the big issue, but assuming you weren't then you'd survive long enough for the pilot to make an emergency landing somewhere.
2006-09-18 03:18:44 · answer #4 · answered by wally_zebon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The door would not open in the air, as it opens inwards, before opening outwards. Not many people are strong enough to open those doors against the pressure - the Hulk could do it...
If it did open most people would probably survive (onboard oxygen masks), that's if the decompression does not damage the plane...
2006-09-18 03:05:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At that altitude there is ample oxygen but at 5/ 600 miles per hour, would not want to be anywhere near the door because for sure you would be drawn out of the plane
2006-09-18 03:06:27 · answer #6 · answered by william john l 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oxygen masks would drop, get them on and you would be fine.
You would probably all have ruptured eardrums though.
Not 100% guaranteed the pilot could keep control due to the depressurization, so your best course of action would be to disable the person as fast as possible before he got the door open. Worry about the legal issues of hitting him AFTER you land safely!
2006-09-18 11:53:20 · answer #7 · answered by Subic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
modern airliners have plug-style doorways that are pressed extra firmly into their frames by employing the pressurization of the cabin. those won't be able to be opened in flight so long because the cabin is pressurized (which it regularly is). Smaller airplane oftentimes do not have this style of doorways, and so the doorways might want to be opened in flight even even as the cabin is pressurized. The airplane suggested contained in the archives article you reference develop into in this class. The shipment doorways on airliners also at the on the spot are not of the plug style, yet on the grounds that they don't look accessible to passengers, this isn't a difficulty. there have been some circumstances in which shipment doorways have failed and blown open, depressurizing the cabin in flight. this can or received't endanger the airplane, in spite of the undeniable fact that it consistently calls for a on the spot touchdown, because the airliner can not proceed on its way with a depressurized cabin.
2016-11-27 21:49:43 · answer #8 · answered by bartelt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that if you were strapped in expecting it and had oxygen mask on maybe. That had to be the scariest thing you have ever been through? What in the world was that crazy man thinking? Thank God someone tackled the idiot. Glad you are here to talk about it.
2006-09-18 03:06:25 · answer #9 · answered by flip103158 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The planes have their own supply of masks which drop down should the cabin lose pressure.
The pilot will then radio a "SOS" and reduce his height to a few thousand feet and fly to the nearest suitable airport.
If you are flying to the UK and you are diverted to Stanstead, you will have a good reason to panic
2006-09-18 03:05:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋