The overwing exits on the 737-1/2/3/4/500 are awkward things to open as they fall inwards first and they are heavy. How they got them and the A318/19/20, B757 and B767 past the regualtory authoritys I don’t know.
Also I think there was an issue with the way the opening sequence was discriber on the safety cards. The card used to show the hatch being removed and left inside the aircraft. Now it is shown being ejected out of the hole.
Interestingly the 737-6/7/8/900 have a re designed exit that opens outward and upward.
Personaly, having removed them for maintenance loads of times I would NEVER choose to sit in that row. I imagine myself trapped between the door and the passengers surging towards the hole! Also it is a reasonable drop from the wing to the ground. You would need the flaps fully down and you need to slide down them (On the 737) I would not fancy jumping or being pushed of the wing. Mind you I fancy being burnt alive less:D

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It lost all it’s green hydraulic system. That powers amongst other things the gear and the nose wheel steering. The lowered the gear on alternate that left the gear doors open for landing. No big problems all safe. I’m amazed that there are no pictures of it on hear as they towed it passed the viewing park.

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😀
bet the lardar5e tells people that he ‘doesnt eat much’ LOL 😀

Or “It’s my glands”!!!!

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Certain airlines have a rule that only a certain amount of blubber can overflow onto the next seat but I would not want to be the person in that seat!

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After all the weight and complication, just how many accidents would they have saved any lives? The JAL 747 and Souix City DC-10 incidents spring to mind but other than them very few would have provided the right set of circumstances for mass ejection.

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How do you stow away in the undercart? Do you have to hang on as the wheel goes up,down or is there ample space to hide away?

There is room but please don’t try it!!;)

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Interesting.

When I opened the thread I was expecting a reoccurrence of the BA A320 dispatched with spoiler gags still in place.

It was an Excaliber A320.
The A320 spoiler jacks have a manualy selected bypass valve that, when selected isolates the hydraulic supply to the jack. This allow you to move the spoiler up and down by hand for maintenance. It must be selected back after maintenance. This bit was not done by BA at Gatwick. When the air crew did their pre flight checks, they did not notice that the spoilers were not moving on one wing and they missed an ECAM message too. Neither BA or the Excaliber crew covered themselves with glory that day!

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