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2014-04-16 Home Front: WoT

Passengers and crew subdue man who attempts to exit plane at 30,000 feet.

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 When sitting with children I've often wished I could disembark midflight.

Posted by Skidmark 2014-04-16 10:24|| 2014-04-16 10:24|| Front Page Top

#2 as long as he was not the pilot; let him jump.

Posted by airandee 2014-04-16 10:48|| 2014-04-16 10:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Not to minimize the event, but I doubt anyone was in any real danger. Locking protocols aside, opening the door of an aircraft at altitude, traveling 400-500 mph would require extraordinary strength.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-16 10:55|| 2014-04-16 10:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like a panic attack to me, not terrorism.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-04-16 12:25|| 2014-04-16 12:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Glenmore. Nothing cures panic like looking five miles straight down. Lucky he didn't get the chance.
Well, it's practice for the real thing, practice for the passengers, I mean.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2014-04-16 12:33|| 2014-04-16 12:33|| Front Page Top

#6 I read more - panic and drugs, not necessarily in that order, but not terrorism (though no doubt terrifying to all concerned.)

Posted by Glenmore 2014-04-16 12:40|| 2014-04-16 12:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Is two-stepped a nice way to phrase double chicken winged his face into an arm rest?

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-04-16 13:34|| 2014-04-16 13:34|| Front Page Top

#8 After 9/11, it is doubtful that terrorists or crazies will hold much sway on planes. This guy is lucky he didn't get killed.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-04-16 16:44|| 2014-04-16 16:44|| Front Page Top

#9 I hope somebody has put this guy on the no-fly list.

Posted by Squinty 2014-04-16 17:13|| 2014-04-16 17:13|| Front Page Top

#10 Good Flight announcement - for all you flying people

Shortly after a British Airways flight had reached its cruising altitude, the captain announced:

"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain.
Welcome to Flight 293, non-stop from London Heathrow to New York.

The weather ahead is good, so we should have a smooth uneventful flight. So, sit back, relax, and.........OH... MY GOD!"

Silence followed.

Some moments later, the captain came back on the intercom. "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sorry if I scared you. While I was talking to you, a flight attendant accidentally spilled coffee in my lap.

"You should see the front of my pants!"

From the back of the plane, an Irish passenger yelled....... "For the luvva Jaysus......you should see the back of mine!"

Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-16 19:51|| 2014-04-16 19:51|| Front Page Top

#11 You cannot open airliner doors at altitude, they are plug doors for a reason. Outside psi at 35000 feet is 1psi, the cabin in flight is 10 psi, about the same as being in Denver, sea level is 14 psi. You can have a small breach, bullet hole,in the pressure hull but that will still not result in a catastrophic movie scene. I flew on many a military cargo planes, damn things leak like a sieve.

Posted by Elmoluns Turkeyneck7523 2014-04-16 20:02|| 2014-04-16 20:02|| Front Page Top

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