Man Jumps from AirAsia Jet as Aircraft Rolls for Takeoff
AirAsia
A 24 year-old man was arrested for jumping out of an AirAsia flight as it was taxiing for takeoff last Friday.
The AirAsia plane was getting ready to takeoff and was starting its roll down the runway when the young man, only indentified as “Chong”, opened the emergency door which automatically deployed the emergency slide.
He then slid down the chute.
Flight attendants immediately told the pilots, who immediately powered down the engines.
Witness Siva Nathiran told The Star: “The flight to Kuala Lumpur was supposed to take off at 7.40pm, but was delayed for more than an hour. When the plane was already accelerating on the runway and was about to take off, a young man suddenly opened the emergency door and jumped out.
“The raft automatically opened when the door was opened. The passengers inside the aircraft started screaming. The flight attendants immediately alerted the pilots and the plane was stopped in its track.”
The man was arrested. Authorities do not know his reasons for the jump.
There were no injuries and apparently the man was not injured either.
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Do we know what kind of plane it was? Most planes have systems to alert the crew if any of the doors are opened; i doubt they needed the flight attendants to tell them.
Not yet. Really aggravates me when there’s no information on the plane. Don’t they know av geeks like us NEED this information????
I think AirAsia (except AirAsia X) is all A320
Hmmmm. Air Asia X. $9 fares.
I just question, really, what sort of passenger one is likely to encounter on such flights.
Maybe they got scared at the last minute? Maybe somebody forgot their phone?
Maybe somebody didn’t really care about the consequences to themselves and other passengers on the “bus” from just, duh, getting off at that point.
All I can say is, at least they didn’t try to get off once the ‘plane was airborne. And, a Darwinian award to that person. Please don’t get on another ‘plane, EVER. Thanks.
It was my understanding that doors on most aircraft cannot be opened once the cabin is pressurized. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.
Why would it be pressurized on the ground?
Here’s an article that explains more. Apparently, though, not enough pressure on the ground to prevent opening of an exit.
sorry – link is here: http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/tech_ops/read.main/295591/
Cool. Good to know. Thanks man.
As part of standard procedure, pressurization process is initiated as you taxi and hold your position for takeoff.
Was he holding a couple of beers.
LOL! No kidding! The JetBlue flight attendant…right?
My guess is he just learned that the Pilot was a stoned Filipino! Seems we have a rash of Pilots here using drugs even before flying!! That also explains how they drive here in Manila as well.
LOL!!!
“Emergency door” eh? Would that have been a door that he simply opened? Didn’t know there were special “emergency doors”. ;)
There most definitely are many doors that are intended only for use in emergencies. Rafts don’t normally inflate when you get off the plane at the gate. According to http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/IndiGo/IndiGo_Airbus_A320.php there are 6 emergency doors on the A320.
All doors in the passenger cabin are equipped with slides that are armed by the cabin crew before pushback. Most are considered regular entry doors even if they aren’t normally used for boarding. They’re used for loading provisions, for example, or for access by the cleaning crews. The only “doors” you would consider emergency exits are those above the wings, but those aren’t truly doors; they’re just plugs that come off completely when you open them.