Aviation Ping!.
Why is there a ‘crack’ into the cargo hold?...........
Mebbe that is why they turned around?
Not just a little gap, a crack large enough for a laptop to fall through.
United ought to switch to L1011s. they had an elevator so the crew could go downstairs to the galley.
Or the Airbus 220 that has a hatch in the cockpit.
I think after the DC 10 that lost a cargo door and the cabin floor collapsed downward, vents were placed so a sudden decompression of the cargo area would not make this happen.
so the snakes can get through.
Notice what was glaringly missing from the article and ALL other articles I just found?
Forgot the link
https://san.com/cc/why-a-passengers-lost-laptop-forced-a-transatlantic-united-flight-to-turn-around/
Click through to FlightAware.
“Why is there a ‘crack’ into the cargo hold?”
No kidding. I’ve been flying 56 years and never once was I able to see through a ‘crack’ into the cargo hold. It’s COLD down there. Well, maybe those cracks explain why my feet are cold when I fly.
Essential for feeding the stowaways hiding in the cargo area or the wheel wells...
Maybe that was where Stacey Abrams was...
Excellent question
After piloting most of the Boeing airliners and two of Douglas’ airliners, I smell something fishy and don’t believe this story.
There are ways to access the lower deck from the upper deck but there is no, “crack,” space that a passenger can drop anything through into the cargo areas.