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Cockpit doors are basically impossible to brute force / open / unlock now without the cooperation of the pilots.
by pyrocat 13y ago
Cockpit doors are basically impossible to brute force / open / unlock now without the cooperation of the pilots.
- owenmarshall 13y agoI recall hearing about an airplane crash post-9/11. The airport fire department attempted to breach the door to reach a seriously injured pilot. It took them forty minutes to reach the pilot. They first tried to breach the door and ended up forced to cut through the roof to get to him. If the pilot doesn't want the door open, the door won't be opened. And I'd imagine that pilots are well-trained to never open the door in a hijacking. That said, if the hijacking gets nasty... maybe... E: found it - it was the Turkish 1951 crash.