Also preventing a midair evacuation is the door’s locking mechanism, which engages on the runway when the airplane has attained a speed of 92 miles per hour, according to Scheibner.

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A passenger was arrested at an airport in Australia after he left a stationary airplane through an emergency exit, walked along a wing, and then climbed down a jet engine to the tarmac on Thursday ...

A regional jet made an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday evening after a passenger tried to open an emergency exit door and got into an altercation with a flight attendant.

Mr Drury explained the exit door on a plane cannot be opened above 10,000 feet in altitude as the cabin is pressurized to 8,000 feet.

An Ohio woman is facing federal charges after officials say she tried to open an airplane door while still in the air. On May 22, the woman was aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Nashville to ...