The end result was a two hour delay of the flight.
The BBC interrupts my regularly scheduled surfing for this??? Poor behaviour by the intoxiated (quick, stop the presses) and a two hour delay on an airplane flight? May it never be! If drunken behaviour merits front page coverage on the BBC, I know a few establishments they absolutely must see.
Ever since a certain nameless day people have been acting quite funny when it comes to airplanes.
Well, some of the story value lies in the mental vision of what would have happened had they succeded – we assume those doors aren’t too hard to open in emergencies…
If it had featured in the “Also in the News” column with those light-hearted human interest stories we know and love, I’d agree. But this was in the main world news area.
I’m not sure what effect the airflow outside the door has… Ususally emergencies involve a plane that has already crashed and come to a stop.