I am in agreement with George here. What's the big piece of news?

It's an upressurized plane. Granted it's a bad surprise when your maps and
loose pieces of paper get sucked out of the now open door ... but how can
anyone get hurt if they are strapped to their seats?

My door popped open twice in the year and something i have been owning my
piper cherokee and it was a "Oh great ... now I gotta land" moment ...
hardly worthy of notice. The plane was flying fine and the door was
oscillating a bit at 110 knots but nothing happened to the plane other than
the noise and increased wind. It was just annoying ..

If your door pops open you land, you close it, you take off again ...

I really don't get it. What's the biggie?

I don't want to seem to be insensitive to it or something but honestly this
sounds to me like another very minor news piece over-dramatazied by
attentioned-starved media.

Just my 2c

--
Marco Rispoli - NJ, USA / PP-ASEL
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"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:3oc7e.19394$1p4.12250@trndny06...
Mike Granby wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4439341.stm

And the headline from the Daily Mail link on that site is "New Zealand PM
cheats
death in air drama - 4 hrs ago" -- all because the door on an Aztec popped
open
in flight? Give me a break!

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.