Same for the Asiana Airlines event. Unless an unruly passenger can lift some 20,000 pounds, you shouldn’t worry much at cruising altitude.© airplane emergency exit door ...

View of an emergency exit in a plane. Good news—it would be physically impossible to open the door mid-flight, but there are serious consequences for people who try. The most important thing in ...

To be able to open an emergency door of an aircraft mid-flight, you’d need to be able to lift 25,000 pounds, Scheibner says. “Once this door gets pressurized in flight, it’s nine pounds per ...

Dan Bubb, Ph.D., a former airline pilot and current aviation safety expert, explained that opening the emergency exit — which he noted is for evacuations — on the ground will cause the door to ...

A SkyWest flight to Detroit was diverted to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday evening due to an "unruly" passenger, the airline ...