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maleficent · 11-21-2005, 10:29 AM

One of my colleagues just spotted this story on CNN and was quite amused.. he's a former Eastern Airlines captain... and said that regularly they used to get warning lights in the cockpit of some moronic passenger trying to open a door... He said that once a handle was turned the lights woudl go off - but he also said that there were hundreds of pounds of pressure behind the door (on 737s anyhow) and it pretty much made it an impossiblity to open the door in flight.

But it's a nice way to cause a panic on a plane...

11-21-2005, 10:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	One of my colleagues just spotted this story on CNN and was quite amused.. he's a former Eastern Airlines captain... and said that regularly they used to get warning lights in the cockpit of some moronic passenger trying to open a door... He said that once a handle was turned the lights woudl go off - but he also said that there were hundreds of pounds of pressure behind the door (on 737s anyhow) and it pretty much made it an impossiblity to open the door in flight. But it's a nice way to cause a panic on a plane... __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.