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Cockpit doors will open upon decompression...
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:52 pm
Suppose that there's an insane pilot who has locked himself in the cockpit and is heading for earth. It's a controlled descent, so you can still walk around. How do you decompress the cabin?
This post was edited on 3/27/15 at 10:52 pm
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Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:55 pm to pensacola
Wait..
Wut?
Wut?
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:57 pm to pensacola
Why do I need to decompress the cabin? We're descending, plus I'm going to be dead in a couple of minutes.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:02 pm to White Roach
The news media says that the Airbus has an emergency over ride that causes the cockpit doors to open upon cabin decompression. You're done if you let Adolph fly the plane into the ground. So, what if you can break a hole in the window or fuselage at 15k feet or so and go grab the stick?
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:07 pm to pensacola
Well, rather than breaking a window or Hulk smashing a hole in the fuselage, I think I'd pop an emergency exit or open a cabin door. I don't know how simple it would be to do with the pressure differential, but it would have to be easier than putting my fist through the side of a plane.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:13 pm to pensacola
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So, what if you can break a hole in the window or fuselage at 15k feet or so and go grab the stick?
Let's say your plan works and you "grab the stick". What are you gonna do then? Start pushing random buttons?
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:15 pm to White Roach
It's impossible to open an emergency exit while the plane is flying. Simply too much pressure from the outside
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:19 pm to pensacola
You should go on shark tank and make some green money. 
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:19 pm to pensacola
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The news media says that the Airbus has an emergency over ride that causes the cockpit doors to open upon cabin decompression. You're done if you let Adolph fly the plane into the ground. So, what if you can break a hole in the window or fuselage at 15k feet or so and go grab the stick?
Airbus would find a way to frick it up.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:21 pm to pensacola
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So, what if you can break a hole in the window or fuselage at 15k feet or so and go grab the stick?
Yeah, that'd be a pretty neat way to die, I guess.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:25 pm to tsmi136
At cruising altitude the atmospheric pressure is only 1/4 that of sea level. So if you could unlock the emergency door, all sort of things would get sucked out. Like the door itself.
I would think that those doors are locked down tight in flight. Probably no way to open.
Kinda crazy t think about.
I would think that those doors are locked down tight in flight. Probably no way to open.
Kinda crazy t think about.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:27 pm to atchafalaya
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:30 pm to Yellerhammer5
Its funny how civilized they make that look.
In reality it would be pandemonium and you'd be overrun in an emergency.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:35 pm to atchafalaya
15k feet is nothing. Bolivians ski higher than that. I'm thinking that the emergency oxygen cylinder in the med kit would have a small valve that would break out a window. One guy does that while one stands near the cockpit door to handle Adolph.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:55 pm to atchafalaya
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cruising altitude the atmospheric pressure is only 1/4 that of sea level. So if you could unlock the emergency door, all sort of things would get sucked out. Like the door itself.
The emergency doors open to the inside of the cabin, 1/4 of sea level is about 3.6PSI, the emergency door is about 28 x 60 inches, making the force on the door 6048PSI or a little over 3 tons, nobody is going to open the door with the cabin pressurized.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 11:57 pm to pensacola
I would just use my powers to keep the plane afloat and land us safely.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 12:01 am to EA6B
quote:They don't pressurize the cabin to sea level. More like 7000 ft.
The emergency doors open to the inside of the cabin, 1/4 of sea level is about 3.6PSI, the emergency door is about 28 x 60 inches, making the force on the door 6048PSI or a little over 3 tons, nobody is going to open the door with the cabin pressurized.
This post was edited on 3/28/15 at 12:04 am
Posted on 3/28/15 at 12:33 am to pensacola
Cockpit door will not open with a decompression.
There is no way to decompress from the cabin. You can't open an emergency exit and even if you hit a window with a crash axe the axe would bounce off.
There is no way to decompress from the cabin. You can't open an emergency exit and even if you hit a window with a crash axe the axe would bounce off.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 12:39 am to Cactus Tiger
Does that mean all of the movies I've seen that include explosive decompression scenes, with flight attendants, bad guys, snakes and zombies getting sucked out of the plane are bullshite?!? Hard to believe that Hollywood would lie to me...
Posted on 3/28/15 at 12:45 am to White Roach
Depends on the size of the hole that caused the depressurization. Yes stuff will be sucked out of it.
Rapid depressurization in a modern day airliner is extremely rare.
Rapid depressurization in a modern day airliner is extremely rare.
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