On 11 Sep 2003 at 18:32, Manfred Saitz wrote: > Air hostess wrestles drunken passenger > 11 Sep, 2003 / MaltaMedia-News - (source: Sheffield Today) [snip] > Air chiefs said if he had succeeded Emma and the passenger could have > fallen from the plane and been sucked into one of the aircraft's > engines. So what's all the "doors to automatic" and "doors to manual" stuff we hear when flying? Is it really possible to open the doors manually when in flight? Surely the difference in air pressure would prevent a door from opening outwards when in flight anyways? No doubt Emma is a heroine, but hasn't this been a hyped just a little by the media? --paul Paul S. Russell, just4airlines.com sdn. bhd. E-mail: paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.just4airlines.com/ Phone: +60 (0)3 5510 7063 Fax: +60 (0)3 5510 4249 Mobile: +60 (0)12 308 9734