Originally Posted by
tom11011
Is anyone aware of any circumstance where a commercial airliners crash axe was used for any reason? In all my years of flying I cannot recall this as a topic of discussion.
There is a story (precovid) years ago on a A330 flt across the pond, to help free an overly large lady who'd fallen and wedged herself between the loo and the door where the relief FO tried (unsuccessfully according to the story) to break the hinges with the axe. Story goes after a few whacks and requisite damage, word came over the ACARS from MX how to remove the hinge pins to free her.