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Bobby Vigil, Frontier Airlines Vigilante

8/27/2007 at 8:28 AM
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We've taken our share of awful red-eye flights, but at least we haven't had to deal with passengers ripping open passenger doors. But fliers on Frontier's Flight 514 from Denver to New York had to duct tape a fellow passenger to his seat after he attempted to open one of the plane's rear doors.

Passenger Bobby Vigil (real name!) was sitting next to the man, who some characterized as mentally ill:

The whole rest of the flight, all the way in, he was yelling and trying to bite the tape.

The airline says the 127 other passengers and 5 crew members aboard were never in any danger. Not to make light of the mentally ill, but this summer of flying is making people nuts!

Related Stories:
· Psycho Tries to Open Jet Door In Air [NYDN]
· He Was Just Plane Nuts [NYP]

[Photo: NYDN]


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ajaynejr
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Depressurization (none / 0)

Don't large airliners have doors that require being pulled in and twisted before being pushed out and open? This would make the doors impossible to open in flight, namely until the cabin pressure matches the outside.

If a door could simply fly open (outwards), opening in flight could have disastrous consequences.

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by ajaynejr on 8/27/2007 at 12:26 PM



pbb
Jaunted Editor
Interesting question... (none / 0)

Frontier operates Airbus 319s for Flight 514, which by virtue of being new probably have all sorts of safety gizmos. An airline spokesman did say that you need special training to open the doors, so how much damage this passenger could have caused remains an open question.

I was going to ask my FA about this yesterday, but I decided asking about opening doors mid-flight wouldn't get me an extra bag of peanuts.

by pbb on 8/28/2007 at 10:12 AM

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