Religious nut tries to open airplane door during flight

In what could have been a serious incident, I can't help but laugh at the bolded part of the story. Might try that myself next time and get me a free seating upgrade.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...t-passenger-tries-open-exit-door-mid-air.html

 

They should have an airlock to throw these idiots out sf 35,000 ft. Give them what they want and keep everyone else safe. It's win win.

 

He's lucky he wasn't on Southwest. The passengers would have killed his ass.

 

oy vey :kaboom:

 

Even one missed Darwin Award diminishes us all.

 

Quantas? Definitely safe......Rainman says they never crash!

 

I know how I would react if I saw some shit like that unfolding on my flight. Panic, and then go completely bugfuck apeshit on the guy. Then probably shit myself and have a heart attack.

 

Do you sell tickets to these events?

 

If he had managed to actually open it at cruise, then it would probably be time to start believing in his religion. Because that's some major Samson or Hercules shit right there.

 

How much pressure is on that door and what would it take to open it?
Clearly it's not in the realm of human strength.

You'd think the opposite would be true with the cabin pressure pushing it out, that the door would just fly open.

I'd love to see a diagram of the door. Does the interior door open inwards?

 

According to Wiki, planes are pressurized equivalent to 8000 feet or less.

According to this site, the air pressure at 8000 feet is about 11 psi (pounds/square inch) and about 3.5 psi at 35,000 feet. So, the difference in pressure is about 7.5 psi. The cabin door has A LOT of surface area, probably something like 2000 square inches. So the pressure required to open the door is 7.5psi * 2000in^2 = 15,000 pounds.

I don't think he's going to be able to open it.

 

Skin's pretty sure that any emergency exit is required by law to open outward to minimize congestion.

 

Not on a plane. The door opens inward because the pressure difference at altitude is a considerable amount of force trying to push it outward. Even if there were no mechanism at all holding the door in place, an inward-opening door will not open at altitude. Not by the force of human hands, anyway.

Incidentally, that's why you have to be able to lift the weight of the door to sit in the exit row; you have to pull the door "out" of the wall.

 

I generally do that myself over ticket prices!

 

If some dude is running up and down the aisles screaming, can't somebody just trip the idiot? Maybe he'll knock himself out when he falls. With a little help.

"Oh, he just tripped officer. Must'a conked his head."

 

Skins clearly not a frequent flyer!