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Holy shit, that was just pure luck that no one end up dead. Based on the video, the plane glide-flipped just enough to slide/roll itself out of the major fire. Things could be a whole lot worse if it played out just slightly differently.


Stop, drop, and roll.


In this case more like drop, roll and stop.


I was thinking this, and also if the airframe had warped enough to prevent the doors opening (maybe this is impossible?).


I'm hoping that's a design consideration!


Boeing solved it by leaving the bolts out of the doors.


why engineer things complicated when simple will suffice ~ boeing




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