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Originally Posted by Noah930
I read this earlier today and wondered how possible/likely this could happen. Would the wind pressure against the door allow someone just to "fall out?" I'm not talking about someone hell bent on jumping out of the plane, but rather if a door became unlatched, would air pressure push the door into the cabin, making it more difficult to open it (at speed)? Or is there some sort of low pressure phenomenon that actually sucks the door open because of the wind rushing over it?
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No, it's easy to push the door open in a small plane. Also, if the picture of the plane I saw is the one, the doors opened up and down.
I was training in a Cessna that had a door latch problem. My instructor was going to show me a maneuver that required a tight left turn - I was in the pilots seat - the door pooped open right as he entered the turn. Even though I was wearing a seat belt, I moved to my right and got a little close with my instructor for the rest of the turn.
As for the motive... There was a guy that chartered a heli about two weeks ago and jumped to his death.