Originally Posted by
MatthewAMEL
CHQ had an incident in IAH where a FA was injured by opening the main cabin door while the A/C had a small amount of pressurization remaining. The door came open so fast and with so much force, she was thrown onto the ramp. She was badly injured.
As a -200 PIC for a while, that was my 2nd least favorite thing about the A/C. (inability to disconnect the engine driven HYD pump was #1 - it forced an in-flight shutdown and RTB once).
I recall, from my Comair days, that prior to opening the main cabin door pilots were suppose to check that cabin differential was less than .1 psid. I do recall now an FA telling me that the door jerked right out of her hand as she was opening. I guess I forgot to check the psid that time.
Some may recall an American Airlines Airbus accident a couple of years ago. A FA was sucked out when, he or she, opened a door on the ramp and the aircraft hadn't depressurized properly. The FA was killed on contact with the tarmac.