I always think.........what if some crazy fool jumps up while we're in the air and follows the lovely instructions on the door to open it and kill us all.
2006-11-12 18:35:28 · 10 answers · asked by Robbyz3 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
The air pressure will keep it shut. 8 or so psi on a 4 x 3 foot door equals six and a half tons of force! Even if you could break the seal (possible because of the mechanical advantage of the latch), you could never pull it back far enough to disengage it to remove it (old style) or get it past the overcentre to have it open out (new style).
The only emergency exits I know of that you can open with the cabin pressurized is on the C-130 Hercules, and they have a pressure relief valve that equalizes the pressure before you can open it.
2006-11-13 08:06:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This would be possible if not for the fact that they are 'plug' type doors. The edges of the doors extend beyond the actual size of the opening. Thus, they have to swivel inward before they can pivot and be pushed outward. During flight, the pressure inside the cabin exerts too much force for this to be possible.
2006-11-13 05:06:38 · answer #2 · answered by 13th Floor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difference in air pressure means it is impossible at high altitudes to open the emergency exit, and if they do somehow open it, the aircraft won't be that high, and unlike in movies where passengers get sucked out, the pressure is equalized when the door is opened, and also of course the oxygen masks will drop down.
2006-11-13 03:50:02 · answer #3 · answered by Jobfinder 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not much chance of that happening, the pressure inside the cabin makes it next to impossible to open that door while in flight.
2006-11-13 02:37:33 · answer #4 · answered by patti duke 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm the speed of the air going by would keep it closed you would be able to push a door open against 500 mile an hour winds
2006-11-13 11:15:54 · answer #5 · answered by soccerknocker199 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The doors are automatic in the air and manual on the ground, nobody can open them while in flight
2006-11-13 12:49:56 · answer #6 · answered by Latin Techie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
13the floor hit it on the head. The door has to come in a bit before it's opened, and even Arnie cawnt do it.
2006-11-13 12:29:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its very unlikely someone would do this but all you got to do is to the standard procedure of opening it and it will open, the air things will come down and if the captian is a good flyer ull live.
2006-11-13 02:42:46 · answer #8 · answered by zackattack_1988 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it is easy. you just need to unlock the switch and pull the bar cross the other side then you push, it will open.
2006-11-13 02:38:47 · answer #9 · answered by the cool guy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Turn handle and get sucked out. Like your brain.
2006-11-13 02:37:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋