Re:Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance o...
by vl on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @08:13PM
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>incident is in a large part why they don't put airstairs on planes any more.
They don't do it because it's completely inefficient to carry this weight and waste this space from economic point of view. It's way better to carry few more paying passengers instead.
They still carry things like this on private jets, i.e. Golfstream.
Re:Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance o...
by gsnedders on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @02:56AM
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An airstair is literally just any built-in stairway on an aircraft—it doesn't have to be at the back. They continue to exist as options on the 737 and A320 families to this day, and are disproportionately specified by low-cost carriers (Ryanair have a lot of their 737s with them, for example), as although they're a weight penalty they decrease ground equipment required to service the aircraft (reducing costs), and can be deployed almost as quickly as the door can be opened helping reducing turnaround times (increasing sectors flown per day).
Re:Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance o...
by bdowling on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @09:02PM
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For those who don't know (I didn't), D. B. Cooper is a 1971 hijacker who skydived out the back of a 727 with a $200,000 ransom and was never found.
Re:Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance o...
by Daniel_sk on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @05:48AM
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Very fascinating read. Thanks.
Re:Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance o...
by O__________O on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @10:15PM
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My understanding is the emergency doors pull inward and once cabin is depressurized, they are possible to remove; very possible that’s wrong though.
For comparison the plane that D B Cooper used had a stairway in the back(sometimes called airstairs). He was able to override the in flight lock and get out that way. My understanding is that the db cooper incident is in a large part why they don't put airstairs on planes any more.
But now you have me watching videos on 777 doors. they open outward than forwards, like most airline doors they probably have a interlock to prevent them from opening in flight, if you could override that, I don't think you could push them forwards against the slipstream.