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Open door forces passenger plane to turn back
(CNN)A passenger plane carrying 163 people was forced to turn back 40 minutes into the flight after it was discovered one of the plane's doors was not completely shut. The flight, operated by low-cost Korean Air subsidiary Jin Air, left Cebu in the Philippines on Sunday, bound for Busan in South Korea. (www.cnn.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
We had a similar kind of thing happen. The seal on the service door got caught up a bit and didn't seal fully. So, there was a whistling noise. As a precaution, we kept our altitude lower on our fairly short flight, landed just fine, and had it worked on after we got there.
Something does not sound right here.... If they had that much of a gap there would have been a sequel long before being 40 minutes airborne.... This being a 737-800 (NG Aircraft) there would have door warnings, and not to mention a very loud noise... This being found 40 minutes out is either someone not paying attention or a seal blew out... Either way, it is a plug door and would not have come out, the a/c could have continued safely with no problems.... The DOOR could not in anyway shape or form have come out of the aircraft... The comment that no injuries were reported... Give me a break.. It says they turned back and made a successful landing... Why would we suspect anything else...
As usual, I guess the US is not the only ones looking for crap on a slow news days... We just had a plane to make an air turn back due to a similar issue, but it was because of a door seal and they could not pressurize the plane.. DUH..
As usual, I guess the US is not the only ones looking for crap on a slow news days... We just had a plane to make an air turn back due to a similar issue, but it was because of a door seal and they could not pressurize the plane.. DUH..
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I don't get why the CNN reporter made this such a dramatic situation. The media is unbelievable!!!
I don't get why the CNN reporter made this such a dramatic situation. The media is unbelievable!!!
CNN is not quite up to the same standards as The Sun, The Enquirer or most of the other sensationalized rags out there, but they are getting closer each newscast!
Lousy airline
Seriously, it seems that they found the problem at 10,000 feet. That should be just a few minutes after takeoff, unless the density altitude was 500,000 feet. Did they have to burn off/dump fuel to get to landing weight?