Airplane Crash Axe
04-22-2024 | 05:33 PM
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I heard later that the ONLY reason the IRO/RFO/Bunkie/Scribe DIDN'T use the sharp end was he was afraid of the back swing and the proximity to the CA's head.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/...ckpit-crasher/
04-22-2024 | 05:51 PM
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It's intended for getting into panels for fire-fighting. It probably won't break cockpit windows, too many layers and too tough. It will probably bounce back and hit you in the head if you try.
04-22-2024 | 05:54 PM
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04-22-2024 | 06:21 PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlant...nes_Flight_529
The fire started about one minute after impact, and an oxygen bottle behind the first officer's seat leaked, contributing to the strength of the fire. Despite a dislocated shoulder, First Officer Warmerdam used the cockpit fire axe to cut through the thick cockpit glass. Surviving passenger David McCorkell and Carroll County Sheriff Deputy Guy Pope later assisted by pulling the axe out of the cockpit through the hole Warmerdam had created and struck the glass from the outside to increase the size of the hole and help Warmerdam escape.
04-22-2024 | 06:31 PM
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Boy would I like to see some mythbuster type person try that. For science…
04-22-2024 | 06:36 PM
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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.
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