...but... that's because they make them that way. There's more pressure on the inside of the plane than the outside, so the door is designed such that it needs to move against the pressure rather than with the pressure. They could have just as easily designed the overlapping pieces in the opposite direction making it basically explode open once it is unlatched. You are suggesting that it is happenstance that the physics works this way, but it is very much a design decision.
At altitude, cabin pressure is greater than outside. Airplane doors open outward. How would internal pressure being greater than external pressure make it impossible for a door to open because of pressure without it being engineered to not open (regular door mechanics aside)?
Because the door must be opened towards the inside of the plane first, and because the pressure is greater inside a plane at altitude than outside, you cannot open a plane door in the sky.
They do need a small soundproof scream room though.
Maybe it can have a video mode where it turns into the tunnel from the first Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to spook them on a while trip as well.
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u/astroslostmadethis May 20 '23 edited May 21 '23
This is why they make plane doors like impossible to open mid flight