The door of an Asiana Airlines jet opened as it was coming in to land in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday afternoon, leaving wind whipping through the plane’s cabin as terrified passengers gripped their armrests, video of the incident shows.
Biggest danger is someone being pulled out, or potentially sucked out of the opening. Oxygen masks would drop from above, so as long as everyone can stay in their seats (always wear your seatbelt!) and get that in place, the pilots would immediately descend to a safe altitude and get on the ground ASAP. It would be a breezy ride like shown in the video, but as long as nobody falls through the open door (which would be difficult, if not impossible to open at altitude in the first place) then it's not a critical issue.
A real life comparison would be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243, the damage in the photos is pretty impressive.
In this incident, the entire top of the plane was ripped off due to a structural defect, and unfortunately a flight attendant, who was not seated since she was serving passengers, was sucked out of the plane. Even with this catastrophic failure of the fuselage, and the loss of an engine (I presume because the electronics failed or something from the giant hole), there was not an immediate threat to the airworthiness of the aircraft, and the pilots landed safely.
You don't hear too much about the crashes where people survive:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_1141 - Plane got up to 400 feet after takeoff and then came back down. 94 survivors, 14 dead, primarily to smoke inhalation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_173- Plane ran out of fuel on landing, crashes in the woods in the middle of the city, 179 survivors, 10 dead
I find them as interesting as the ones that are horrifying.
It definitely would not crash the plane
What would happen if someone got the door open that high though?
Biggest danger is someone being pulled out, or potentially sucked out of the opening. Oxygen masks would drop from above, so as long as everyone can stay in their seats (always wear your seatbelt!) and get that in place, the pilots would immediately descend to a safe altitude and get on the ground ASAP. It would be a breezy ride like shown in the video, but as long as nobody falls through the open door (which would be difficult, if not impossible to open at altitude in the first place) then it's not a critical issue.
A real life comparison would be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243, the damage in the photos is pretty impressive.
In this incident, the entire top of the plane was ripped off due to a structural defect, and unfortunately a flight attendant, who was not seated since she was serving passengers, was sucked out of the plane. Even with this catastrophic failure of the fuselage, and the loss of an engine (I presume because the electronics failed or something from the giant hole), there was not an immediate threat to the airworthiness of the aircraft, and the pilots landed safely.
Wow that's amazing, would have thought you'd die in that scenario.
You don't hear too much about the crashes where people survive:
I find them as interesting as the ones that are horrifying.