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In response to ""passenger forced open a cabin door while his Delta Air Lines flight was taxiing at LGA, eventually sliding out with his companion and service dog" -- (link)" by ty97

I always tell my friend, an ex-flight attendant, that I'm worried about someone doing this at 30,000 feet and she always tells me it can't happen. Ha -- nm

Posted by jnine Dec 21 '20, 21:04

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It's all but impossible to do at altitude due to the design of the door and differential between pressurized cabin and the much lower pressure outside - JD Dec 21, 21:14 12
- That's what she says. I bet an angry, drunk, 400 pound Samoan could prove otherwise. -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 21:16 10
  - Close to 24000 lbs of force required at speed -- (link) - Reagen Dec 21, 21:22 9
    - Are you calling The Rock a bitch? -- nm - David Dec 21, 21:33
    - So, this is like Charlie Brown and you're the teacher, and all I hear is wah wah wah. I will still worry about it. -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 21:24 7
      - Well, I guess you'll just have to have your bottles of wine at the ready -- nm - JD Dec 21, 21:25 6
        
        Vodka for this one. -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 21:27 5
        
        Not to drink - JD Dec 21, 21:32 4
        
        I was on a 7 am flight from Vegas to NY with a bunch of huge guys who had been at a pipe fitters convention and had stayed up drinking all night. The - jnine Dec 21, 21:40 3
        
        yikes -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 22:11 2
        
        I'm not worried about the door part (it would have happened by now if it was possible). But that's just a bad flight experience -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 22:11 1
        
        One of the guys was smashing into it and looked like he was going to open it and then some people were screaming and I was thinking this wasn't the - jnine Dec 22, 00:00
- Also trying to open the door against 500 mph winds. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 21:16

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