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To: Yo-Yo
I really dig the suicide doors. Hope they don't come open in flight.

Not likely. Looks like the door has bolts around its periphery. I count 11.

33 posted on 07/01/2014 10:18:24 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Fresh Wind
Not likely. Looks like the door has bolts around its periphery. I count 11.

I dunno about how likely it would be. Seems to me that the bolts would be retracted by the door handle. What sort of interlocks are provided to prevent actuation of the door handle while in flight, yet not hinder egress after a mishap?

Airline doors have to open inwards before they can swing outwards, and because of this they cannot be moved against the cabin pressurization when at altitude even after the door handle has been actuated.

38 posted on 07/01/2014 11:07:05 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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