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China Airlines door opens mid-flight
Japan Today ^
| Friday, December 21, 2007 at 17:40 EST
Posted on 12/22/2007 4:22:51 PM PST by DeaconBenjamin
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Swishing? I was expecting a giant sucking sound.
To: DeaconBenjamin
It’s a Taiwanese carrier.
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:24:09 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: DeaconBenjamin
So, no one could go outside and push it shut?
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:24:11 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Hunter 2008)
To: DeaconBenjamin
>
Swishing? I was expecting a giant sucking sound. The "swishing" was because this was one of those "gay" flights where anything goes. The "sucking sound" was due to... oh nevermind...
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:26:37 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
Somebody stepped outside for a smoke?
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:29:21 PM PST
by
OCC
To: Larry Lucido
>
So, no one could go outside and push it shut? Ha ha. Actually, of course, the doors open INWARD by design, so that the higher internal pressure of the cabin tends to keep the door shut. It must have gotten wedged or caught on something during closing.
The popular misconception of a door "suddenly opening at high altitude" is simply wrong. The door would have to fail utterly, not just "open", against internal pressure.
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:29:37 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: 1rudeboy
I love their Red carpet lounge. Free beer and liquor.
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:30:26 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(Fred Thompson for President)
To: Perdogg
Thats to get you drunk so you will not mind the door opening mid flight.
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:31:41 PM PST
by
BGHater
(If Guns Cause Crime Then Matches Cause Arson?)
To: dayglored
That happens occasionally - DC 10 cargo doors, eg.
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:32:09 PM PST
by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
To: DeaconBenjamin
China Airlines has an abysmal safety record.I flew them once....*before* I learned of this.
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:32:51 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
To: dayglored
That’s why I never sit near an emergency exit. I’m one of those who is always pushing on exit doors that are clearly marked “Pull.”
To: BGHater
Thats to get you drunk so you will not mind the door opening mid flight. ROTFLMAO.....
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:36:02 PM PST
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
To: Larry Lucido
You were in every store in front of me today weren’t you? ;-)
To: patton
>
That happens occasionally - DC 10 cargo doors, eg. (Pardon my ignorance pls.) Is the cargo compartment of a DC-10 pressurized, like the passenger cabin? If not, then the argument I gave above doesn't apply.
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:42:16 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: DeaconBenjamin
They were just disembarking a couple counter-revolutionaries. It saves them the trouble of billing the next of kin for the price of a bullet.
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:43:25 PM PST
by
Spok
To: Spok
OK-I know. They’re Nationalist Chinese. I just couldn’t resist.
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:44:51 PM PST
by
Spok
To: dayglored
Oh, yes. Very much so. The floor on a passanger air liner cannot withstand pressure, so the entire tube is pressurized to the limits of the pressure bubble (space, not psi).
So if you lose a lower deck door, the plane is going down.
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:45:21 PM PST
by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
To: DeaconBenjamin
You couldn’t pay me to get on a China Airlines flight.
To: DeaconBenjamin
I would assume they were below 12,000ft, or else we’d be looking at crash pictures now.
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posted on
12/22/2007 4:51:22 PM PST
by
wastedyears
("I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." - Thomas Jefferson)
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