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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlight diverted after 'unruly passenger' attempts to open exit door mid-flight: Witnesses
https://abcnews.go.com/US/flight-diverted-unruly-passenger-attempts-open-exit-door/story?id=69397245
The passenger was removed from the aircraft but released without charges.
By Enjoli Francis, Mina Kaji and Amanda Maile
March 4, 2020, 7:39 PM
An American Airlines flight bound for Dallas from Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger tried to open the emergency exit door in the middle of the journey.
American Airlines Flight 2300 left O'Hare International Airport Tuesday and was less than 45 minutes into its flight to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when the plane had to be diverted to St. Louis, Missouri, because of the unidentified "unruly passenger," the airline said in a statement Wednesday.
"He started coming at the door," passenger Jonathan Cowan told ABC News. "He just had these big, black gazing eyes. There was really no emotion. ... He had all the door levers being flipped up. He was just going at it, attacking it."
The door, however, could not be opened. Airline experts said that emergency doors are kept sealed during flight by cabin pressure inside the plane.
Others on board were quick to subdue the unruly passenger.
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The passenger was removed from the aircraft but released without charges.
By Enjoli Francis, Mina Kaji and Amanda Maile
March 4, 2020, 7:39 PM
An American Airlines flight bound for Dallas from Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger tried to open the emergency exit door in the middle of the journey.
American Airlines Flight 2300 left O'Hare International Airport Tuesday and was less than 45 minutes into its flight to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when the plane had to be diverted to St. Louis, Missouri, because of the unidentified "unruly passenger," the airline said in a statement Wednesday.
"He started coming at the door," passenger Jonathan Cowan told ABC News. "He just had these big, black gazing eyes. There was really no emotion. ... He had all the door levers being flipped up. He was just going at it, attacking it."
The door, however, could not be opened. Airline experts said that emergency doors are kept sealed during flight by cabin pressure inside the plane.
Others on board were quick to subdue the unruly passenger.
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I get "panic". It can be overwhelming sometimes. But, yikes!
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Flight diverted after 'unruly passenger' attempts to open exit door mid-flight: Witnesses (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
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superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)1. Subways in the sky anymore
Im sheltering like a damn veal these days.
Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)2. Leg cramps will do that to a man.
PJMcK
(22,025 posts)3. Cabin doors cannot be opened during pressurized flight
Here's a short video by YouTuber Mentour Pilot concerning cabin doors.
He has many other videos about airplanes and the flight industry that I highly recommend.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)5. They have to open inward before being able to be swung out
Differential air pressure (higher pressure inside the aircraft) keeps the door sealed above 8000' (or whenever the air pressure inside the aircraft is higher than outside).
rickford66
(5,523 posts)7. Quick and dirty calculation
door = 4' wide by 8' high = 4608 sq in
diff press of even 0.1 psi would mean the door would "weigh" 460 lbs
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)8. Of course, none of this applies in an unpressurized aircraft
...you simply fall out of those, no getting "sucked" out.
Tanuki
(14,917 posts)4. ..."these big, black gazing eyes"....
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)6. Sounds like he was on drugs.
"Big, black, gazing eyes." His pupils were probably completely dilated making his eyes look black. Scary.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)9. calm down, folks, he was just "unruly"
WTF???
Mental meltdown is a little more accurate, don't you think?