Thank you so much! I have evacuated a burning DC-10 and I'm writing a book about my experiences with Overseas National that crashed at JFK in 1975 due to birdstrike. We could only use 1R and 4L to evacuate. It can found on You-Tube.This was so very helpful! Thank you!!!
Part of the emergency equipment on aircraft is an 'oxygen manual release tool.' These are usually located in the equipment stowage under each crew jumpseat. It is a blunt metal rod which is rotated from a protective cover. When pushed into the hole of an unopened (failed) panel, it will open and the masks will drop as normal. In a rapid decompression however, you have on average only 20 seconds until you fall unconscious - this may seem like a short amount of time, but the lungs will have instantly deflated when cabin pressure is lost - try holding your breath after fully emptying your lungs to see what I mean. As a manual release tool will not be available in that short time, failed drop down doors can be prized open with fingers, or simply hit or punched to break the lock mechanism. The 20 second scenario is why you are always told to "fit your own mask first before assisting others." If the 20 seconds elapses and you fall unconscious while fitting a childs mask for example, they will most probably panic and not think or be able to fit your mask for you. Example image below: qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-3f83c5f2e1431d496ce053afa9f72e1a
This is good I wish this was available when i went threw training in the late 80 s... because I was so young and training was grueling back then I failed 2 retakes was almost sent home
The World Airways slide rafts had a survival kit under the side sponson with first aid supplies, cans of water, food, and a tiny waterproof bible. (It may have just been Psalms. I don't recall exactly.)
I must say, watching this with automatically generated closed captions is still hilarious - TH-cam IS getting better at accuracy, I will give them that.
I believe that the only current operators are cargo companies like FedEx and charter carriers, but no scheduled passenger service. ETOPS led to the demise of tri-engined jets.
Now the UK’s chosen to set itself in a wholly reverse direction, expect DC-10s to once again be available on British scAirways routes from about 2027 or so… 🇬🇧✈️🙃
Seeing your username, I'm guessing we're both more accustomed to forms of transport where you *don't* have to watch a safety video before moving off? 🚄🇫🇷❤🔥😉
Other than on US Airways Flight 1549, has inflatable slides ever been used as rafts? It seems like it would take a lot of time to detatch it from a sinking airplane!
Luke Fowlie There is a pneumatic override feature where you overextend the disarming lever up and jam up on the door open/close lever. The releases a pressurized canister that will open the door in the event of electrical failure.
How does the emergency exit lever work differently from the flight attendant controls? And why does one move the disarming lever to the override position?
Normal door operation is electric. Emergency power is pneumatic. You would override the deployment of the slide pack if you were already at ground level so people could just step off. In that attitude, an inflated slide would block the exit if you're almost on the ground.
Let’s be honest: That’s probably normal on a DC-10… 🙃 (I’m dreading to think what they’d be like with Internet connections. Somebody pulls the EDR at L1 on a DC-19 and somewhere, on the other side of the World door, R3 *on a 747* mysteriously opens itself… 😳
"In the *UNLIKELY* event of an engine falling off please remain calm as the pilots decide to step on the rudders left and right. In the unlikely event of the rudder itself falling off then please pray with us"
@@DanknDerpyGamer well imagine if there’s not electrical power or back up power source, this seem to be only opened by electricity, so, no electrical source, no one leaves the plane
As far as I know, during emergency operations the door opens pneumatically. A little bit faster too. Only during normal operations they use electricity. @@gerardoarenasss
@PureAwkwardness. Nothing would happen to the door, but you'd probably be escorted off the plane for tampering with emergency equipment. (It's a far more serious offence than most people think.) I'm sure you were only curious and wouldn't have actually tried it though. There are actually no passenger DC-10's still flying anyway sadly.
Do it! I wanted to be a flight attendant since I was a kid. I've now been an doing it for 15 years and still love it. I noticed your comment was from 4 years ago. I can't help wondering if you did get an FA job in that time?
The plug-style doors must come inboard before traveling up. The barrier strap is to keep someone from becoming trapped and crushed between the door travelling inboard and the jump seat. (Former DC-10 F/A)
@@DJohansson I'm going to guess McDonnel Douglas were trying to be _ground breaking_ with that door design (And on the DC-10 they certainly broke _something_ door related! ⚰) but is it just me who thinks those must be excessively weighty, cumbersome, and (Pointing to what you say about the attendant strap) downright dangerous - All of which are things you definitely *don't* want on an aircraft¹?... 🤔 I mean: How the heck did something like that ever get past the FAA in the first place? ⚖ (¹ - Unless your company happens to be named _British scAirways_ ... 🔽 🇬🇧 😉)
Ted Striker and TWA didn't need none of this shit. It also helps when you have a Doctor from a hospital with patients in it. I could've saved 20 minutes off this video. All I learnt, I learnt from them.
This aircraft door is too complicated to open in case of emergency nor normal operation. The most ridiculous part is that when you have to open any compartment to get oxygen mask. You have to find any sharp objecf t open it. Come on! Where you could get sharp object at once during critical situation? DC 10 is a beautiful aircraft for sure but lack of safety sense.
Flight attendant here. Part of the emergency equipment on aircraft is an 'oxygen manual release tool.' These are usually located in the equipment stowage under each crew jumpseat. It is a blunt metal rod which is rotated from a protective cover. When pushed into the hole of an unopened (failed) oxygen panel, it will open and the masks will drop as normal. In a rapid decompression however, you have on average only 20 seconds until you fall unconscious - this may seem like a very short amount of time, but the lungs will instantly deflate when cabin pressure is lost - (try holding your breath after fully emptying your lungs to see what I mean) The 20 second scenario is why you are always told to "fit your own mask first before assisting others." If the 20 seconds elapses and you fall unconscious while fitting a childs mask for example, they will most probably panic and not think or be able to fit your mask for you. As a manual release tool will not be available in that short time, failed drop down doors can be easily prized open, or simply hit or punched to break the lock mechanism. All of this info would be listed on the safety instruction card. Do bear in mind that the DC-10 was first operated almost 50 years ago, and an interesting fact is that because smoking was permitted in those days, the sticky nicotine/tar residue would cause those overhead doors to get stuck closed. Of course, safety has improved immensely since then, and DC-10's no longer fly passengers, only cargo. Example image of a manual release tool: qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-3f83c5f2e1431d496ce053afa9f72e1a
@@theboardshorts I think I've seen cabin crew use something _like_ that in the past. On Ryanair, it seems that _oxygen manual release tool_ corresponds to an unfolded coathanger. But if it works... 🧰🇬🇧🙃 Last few times I flew (A340s I _think_ ) all of the overhead mask panels had what looked like slide latches on them. I'm going to guess this is so pax can solve a non-opening panel by themselves without crew assistance? 😇
Yes absolutely. If the flightdeck door becomed jammed after a crash landing, or the electronic locks on the flightdeck door fail due to severe crash damage, this is the only option. Fire on the cabin side of the door or deep water coming for you. You'd do it.
A Pressurized Airliner should never have Doors that open to the inside in any way. That is just stupid design!! Hence why there was so many issues with those and even crashes caused by the doors...
Generally speaking: Because aircraft (ordinarily) have greater pressure _inside_ the cabin than outside (You're basically sitting inside an oversized Coke can) you _want_ the doors to open inwards! If they open outwards and don't use something like Boeings _Exploit conical shape of fuselage to make an inward-opening door that can then swing out_ then as soon as the pressure exceeds a certain differential, bang goes your door...Literally! 🚪💨💥 But then again, we *are* talking about the DC-10. An aircraft with many oversights in its design, probably including no differential sensing or motor override to prevent any of those „Garage“ doors being opened whilst the cabin is still under pressure... 💨🎈🌬😲
I am a former Flight Attendant and here to tell yo7 when you have a cigar tube filled with hundreds of burning passengers, those slow moving doors will only going to guarantee more people will burn up
Have you ever operated on an aircraft with upward sliding doors such as this? (DC-10, 767, MD-11, Tri-Star, possibly others.) Don't worry, when a door is opened when armed, a gas powered cylinder rapidly opens the door in approx 3-4 seconds. The electrically operated doors would also use this function in an evacuation as they are also fitted with an emergency power assist function. See 10:00 in this exact video.
@@theboardshorts You've got to be kidding me...That _same_ design of door is also fitted to the 767?!? I thought Boeing were a lot more sensible than that? 😳 For a class of vehicle where the doors aren't passenger operated having a door that rises vertically can't have any purpose beyond increasing risk to staff/pax (How many people have been crushed by the doors on DC-10s?) and in the face of things seems entirely pointless. Unless they ever invent _Trainlike_ or _Crew-free_ aircraft (Perish the thought!) where door opening is done by pax pressing a button, these make no sense at all. What benefits does a vertical door offer that a manual swing-in-out door cannot? 😇
@@dieseldragon6756The early 737s and 737-200s also had the upward/downward sliding doors at 1L & R as well as 2L &R the overwing exits were regular pull and toss mini doors. These 737s were also fitted with their own air-stairs. Boeing has since added bars that we lock when the doors are open for catering and air for instances when the crew is aboard and the aircraft is not parked at a gate with a jet bridge extended from the airport building.
@personofinterestchocolatem9158 No 737s had upward/inward sliding passeger/galley service doors. They all opened outward. The 737-200 combi rear passenger door was hinged at the bottom and opened downward since the folding airstair was attached to the door. Pretty sure the 767 is the only Boeing type with the inward/upward doors. The Lockheed L-188 Electra also had upward/inward sliding doors.
Thank you so much! I have evacuated a burning DC-10 and I'm writing a book about my experiences with Overseas National that crashed at JFK in 1975 due to birdstrike. We could only use 1R and 4L to evacuate. It can found on You-Tube.This was so very helpful! Thank you!!!
Arnelle Meyer I'm glad I could help!
+thedman1992 . Indeed!! Thanks so much!
Arnelle Meyer I really wanna be an FA when i'm older I would like to hear more of the story.
cool! Which airline and what flight was it?
“In the likely event that the cargo door falls off, please assume the position”
lol
Provided y’all aren’t already sucked out of the plane through that massive hole
"In the likely event the engine flies past you, keep your seat belt securely fastened and assume the brace position..."
Or the tail engine explodes.
“Please assume the *WERE FUCKED* position”
9:57 STOP in the name of love.
Jeff H. Lol
3:19 “and the arming lever points to the *S L I D E* armed placard.”
@7:50 what kind of cruel mother shoves an oxygen mask in their child's eyeball LOL
Haha lol, maybe she thought that eye needs oxygen too.
In order to breath the oxygen you must visually confirm that oxygen is present in the mask
FR
@@loganenglish3537 yes
Good to know this about the Dc10s
"...can be opened with a sharp object." Right, and where are you going to find one of those on an aircraft these days? :)
Stephen Britton well, this was the 80-90’s so...
A bobby pin or unfolded paperclip will also work.
Many planes these days have manual opening tools in the storage compartments at jump seats. These are usually a pin, or needle type object.
You could when this video was made
Part of the emergency equipment on aircraft is an 'oxygen manual release tool.' These are usually located in the equipment stowage under each crew jumpseat. It is a blunt metal rod which is rotated from a protective cover. When pushed into the hole of an unopened (failed) panel, it will open and the masks will drop as normal.
In a rapid decompression however, you have on average only 20 seconds until you fall unconscious - this may seem like a short amount of time, but the lungs will have instantly deflated when cabin pressure is lost - try holding your breath after fully emptying your lungs to see what I mean.
As a manual release tool will not be available in that short time, failed drop down doors can be prized open with fingers, or simply hit or punched to break the lock mechanism.
The 20 second scenario is why you are always told to "fit your own mask first before assisting others." If the 20 seconds elapses and you fall unconscious while fitting a childs mask for example, they will most probably panic and not think or be able to fit your mask for you.
Example image below:
qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-3f83c5f2e1431d496ce053afa9f72e1a
This is good I wish this was available when i went threw training in the late 80 s... because I was so young and training was grueling back then I failed 2 retakes was almost sent home
you had nothing to do with it of course
“In the event that the cargo bay door does fall off mid flight, please assume the *WERE FUCKED* position”
THIS MADE ME LAUGH MY FuCKING ASS OFF 😂😂😂
It is true though. You’re in deep trouble if a door opens mid flight cause y’all are gonna get sucked out.
The thing that frustrates me about aircraft at this time was the lack of slide raft survival kits as part of the stocked emergency equipment.
The World Airways slide rafts had a survival kit under the side sponson with first aid supplies, cans of water, food, and a tiny waterproof bible. (It may have just been Psalms. I don't recall exactly.)
You can't be serious bout that book😂@@DJohansson
I must say, watching this with automatically generated closed captions is still hilarious - TH-cam IS getting better at accuracy, I will give them that.
Hey I know its a long shot but I am wondering what was the music played for the intro. (0:30)
Apologies in advance but what or who is the CSD? What is this acronym to be exact?
Thanks in advance.
Cabin Service Director.
If memory correct, at Canadian Airlines it was Customer Service Director.
Thanks for posting these!
Really interesting. Is the DC 10 still in operation?
I believe that the only current operators are cargo companies like FedEx and charter carriers, but no scheduled passenger service. ETOPS led to the demise of tri-engined jets.
The last scheduled passenger DC-10 flight took place in Feb 2014 with Biman of Bangladesh.
Now the UK’s chosen to set itself in a wholly reverse direction, expect DC-10s to once again be available on British scAirways routes from about 2027 or so… 🇬🇧✈️🙃
Me and my homies always be checkin that the gert bar lock down indicators are blank
Doors are always a problem in DC-10.
The cargo door to be exact.
Do you have any of the Canadian Airlines safety videos?
Unfortunately I do not, thanks for your comment!
Seeing your username, I'm guessing we're both more accustomed to forms of transport where you *don't* have to watch a safety video before moving off? 🚄🇫🇷❤🔥😉
Other than on US Airways Flight 1549, has inflatable slides ever been used as rafts? It seems like it would take a lot of time to detatch it from a sinking airplane!
Airplanes dont sink fast generally. Look at sully. Their aircraft wasnt even in the ditching mode.
priestpilot slides don’t detach from the plane, thy re for egress only.
@@rapman5363. Flight Attendant here. They do detach and can be used as liferafts. Just take a look at 15:30 in this exact video.
@@rapman5363 Er there are aircraft where the slides can be detatched and used as rafts, that's utterly falst as an absolute.
Can the doors be opened manually like the 767?
Luke Fowlie There is a pneumatic override feature where you overextend the disarming lever up and jam up on the door open/close lever. The releases a pressurized canister that will open the door in the event of electrical failure.
Asking for a Saudi Arabian friend...
We’re talking about an aircraft built by McDonnel Douglas - Don’t expect the doors to work normally, if at all! ⚠️
@@meowmeow-cr5snlmao!
@@dieseldragon6756 🙄
How does the emergency exit lever work differently from the flight attendant controls? And why does one move the disarming lever to the override position?
Mysteryfoxx RJ it’s moved to the override position because that tells the door to open faster than normal, as if th slide would inflate
The leaver is used in emergency because the door controll buttons won't be active due to being armed
Normal door operation is electric. Emergency power is pneumatic. You would override the deployment of the slide pack if you were already at ground level so people could just step off. In that attitude, an inflated slide would block the exit if you're almost on the ground.
9:49 appears to show a World Airways R1 slide being deployed after the flight attendant pulled the emergency handle on L1.
Let’s be honest: That’s probably normal on a DC-10… 🙃
(I’m dreading to think what they’d be like with Internet connections. Somebody pulls the EDR at L1 on a DC-19 and somewhere, on the other side of the World door, R3 *on a 747* mysteriously opens itself… 😳
If the plane door is up, the sound is very loud
I have a photo on my wall of the very same dc-10 seen in the intro flying over mountains, probably from the same filming.
"In the *UNLIKELY* event of an engine falling off please remain calm as the pilots decide to step on the rudders left and right. In the unlikely event of the rudder itself falling off then please pray with us"
“You can pray for cargo door to be closed because you dont want to explode right?”
This electrical doors seem like a big security issue to me, how on earth where they green lited?
What d oyou mean?
@@DanknDerpyGamer well imagine if there’s not electrical power or back up power source, this seem to be only opened by electricity, so, no electrical source, no one leaves the plane
As far as I know, during emergency operations the door opens pneumatically. A little bit faster too. Only during normal operations they use electricity. @@gerardoarenasss
D10 what a frickin' nightmare!
What happens if you use the emergency opening handle whole the door is disarmed?
PureAwkwardness Nothing. The emergency handle is locked in the down position when the door is disarmed.
@PureAwkwardness. Nothing would happen to the door, but you'd probably be escorted off the plane for tampering with emergency equipment. (It's a far more serious offence than most people think.)
I'm sure you were only curious and wouldn't have actually tried it though. There are actually no passenger DC-10's still flying anyway sadly.
@@Appleboy78165 that would explain why you have to move the arm lever to „override” if you need to e-release the door without slide deployment. 😇👍🏽
I want to be a flight attendant now.
Do it! I wanted to be a flight attendant since I was a kid. I've now been an doing it for 15 years and still love it.
I noticed your comment was from 4 years ago. I can't help wondering if you did get an FA job in that time?
Buy the time I would have to remember all this, particularly in a pressured situation Then I and everyone else would gave perished.😮😮😢😢😢
What is the point of the attendant barrier strap at 2:52
The plug-style doors must come inboard before traveling up. The barrier strap is to keep someone from becoming trapped and crushed between the door travelling inboard and the jump seat. (Former DC-10 F/A)
@@DJohansson I'm going to guess McDonnel Douglas were trying to be _ground breaking_ with that door design (And on the DC-10 they certainly broke _something_ door related! ⚰) but is it just me who thinks those must be excessively weighty, cumbersome, and (Pointing to what you say about the attendant strap) downright dangerous - All of which are things you definitely *don't* want on an aircraft¹?... 🤔
I mean: How the heck did something like that ever get past the FAA in the first place? ⚖
(¹ - Unless your company happens to be named _British scAirways_ ... 🔽 🇬🇧 😉)
Where is the dc 3 compass?
+suprisedwatermelon Boeing bought over McDonnell Douglas around 2000
8/1/1997
Who is the csd?
Jeevan Sagoo cabin service director
What thing is that at 6:18?
Jabeo That's the physician's kit (essentially a first aid kit).
+John Daniels For use by certified doctors or med students, right?
Maulin Agrawal No, it's the North American term for a first aid kit, so it's for anyone to use.
+John Daniels ohhhh
That's the physician's kit used for mid-flight physio therapy
Interesting to see an electric door so long back??
Nos suspenders on the
AAAIIIRRRPPPLLLAAANNNEEE!!!!!!!
Ted Striker and TWA didn't need none of this shit. It also helps when you have a Doctor from a hospital with patients in it. I could've saved 20 minutes off this video. All I learnt, I learnt from them.
This aircraft door is too complicated to open in case of emergency nor normal operation. The most ridiculous part is that when you have to open any compartment to get oxygen mask. You have to find any sharp objecf t open it. Come on! Where you could get sharp object at once during critical situation? DC 10 is a beautiful aircraft for sure but lack of safety sense.
Flight attendant here. Part of the emergency equipment on aircraft is an 'oxygen manual release tool.' These are usually located in the equipment stowage under each crew jumpseat. It is a blunt metal rod which is rotated from a protective cover. When pushed into the hole of an unopened (failed) oxygen panel, it will open and the masks will drop as normal.
In a rapid decompression however, you have on average only 20 seconds until you fall unconscious - this may seem like a very short amount of time, but the lungs will instantly deflate when cabin pressure is lost - (try holding your breath after fully emptying your lungs to see what I mean)
The 20 second scenario is why you are always told to "fit your own mask first before assisting others." If the 20 seconds elapses and you fall unconscious while fitting a childs mask for example, they will most probably panic and not think or be able to fit your mask for you.
As a manual release tool will not be available in that short time, failed drop down doors can be easily prized open, or simply hit or punched to break the lock mechanism. All of this info would be listed on the safety instruction card.
Do bear in mind that the DC-10 was first operated almost 50 years ago, and an interesting fact is that because smoking was permitted in those days, the sticky nicotine/tar residue would cause those overhead doors to get stuck closed.
Of course, safety has improved immensely since then, and DC-10's no longer fly passengers, only cargo.
Example image of a manual release tool:
qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-3f83c5f2e1431d496ce053afa9f72e1a
@@theboardshorts I think I've seen cabin crew use something _like_ that in the past. On Ryanair, it seems that _oxygen manual release tool_ corresponds to an unfolded coathanger. But if it works... 🧰🇬🇧🙃
Last few times I flew (A340s I _think_ ) all of the overhead mask panels had what looked like slide latches on them. I'm going to guess this is so pax can solve a non-opening panel by themselves without crew assistance? 😇
70th comment
12:25 , seriously?
Yes absolutely. If the flightdeck door becomed jammed after a crash landing, or the electronic locks on the flightdeck door fail due to severe crash damage, this is the only option. Fire on the cabin side of the door or deep water coming for you. You'd do it.
4:33 Oh yes Daddy!
Sinner!
You do realize those are used for restraining hijackers, right?
Shut up and don't be a shithead.
lol somebody is kinky 😂
10:30
Ik lol
Stahp! Stahp and don’t falling mive
😂
no the DC 10 is no longer in production but the newer bigger MD 11 is
Calum Thomson Neither the DC-10 nor the MD-11 is still in production.
MD 11 cargo is though
Calum Thomson It's in operation but not in production.
Boeing still make the Boeing McDonnell Douglas MD 11
Calum Thomson No, they don't. Production was ceased in 2000.
5:51
A Pressurized Airliner should never have Doors that open to the inside in any way. That is just stupid design!! Hence why there was so many issues with those and even crashes caused by the doors...
You mean outside....and it was an issue which Douglas fixed
Generally speaking: Because aircraft (ordinarily) have greater pressure _inside_ the cabin than outside (You're basically sitting inside an oversized Coke can) you _want_ the doors to open inwards!
If they open outwards and don't use something like Boeings _Exploit conical shape of fuselage to make an inward-opening door that can then swing out_ then as soon as the pressure exceeds a certain differential, bang goes your door...Literally! 🚪💨💥
But then again, we *are* talking about the DC-10. An aircraft with many oversights in its design, probably including no differential sensing or motor override to prevent any of those „Garage“ doors being opened whilst the cabin is still under pressure... 💨🎈🌬😲
I am a former Flight Attendant and here to tell yo7 when you have a cigar tube filled with hundreds of burning passengers, those slow moving doors will only going to guarantee more people will burn up
Have you ever operated on an aircraft with upward sliding doors such as this?
(DC-10, 767, MD-11, Tri-Star, possibly others.)
Don't worry, when a door is opened when armed, a gas powered cylinder rapidly opens the door in approx 3-4 seconds. The electrically operated doors would also use this function in an evacuation as they are also fitted with an emergency power assist function. See 10:00 in this exact video.
@@theboardshorts You've got to be kidding me...That _same_ design of door is also fitted to the 767?!? I thought Boeing were a lot more sensible than that? 😳
For a class of vehicle where the doors aren't passenger operated having a door that rises vertically can't have any purpose beyond increasing risk to staff/pax (How many people have been crushed by the doors on DC-10s?) and in the face of things seems entirely pointless. Unless they ever invent _Trainlike_ or _Crew-free_ aircraft (Perish the thought!) where door opening is done by pax pressing a button, these make no sense at all.
What benefits does a vertical door offer that a manual swing-in-out door cannot? 😇
@@dieseldragon6756The early 737s and 737-200s also had the upward/downward sliding doors at 1L & R as well as 2L &R the overwing exits were regular pull and toss mini doors.
These 737s were also fitted with their own air-stairs. Boeing has since added bars that we lock when the doors are open for catering and air for instances when the crew is aboard and the aircraft is not parked at a gate with a jet bridge extended from the airport building.
@personofinterestchocolatem9158 No 737s had upward/inward sliding passeger/galley service doors. They all opened outward. The 737-200 combi rear passenger door was hinged at the bottom and opened downward since the folding airstair was attached to the door. Pretty sure the 767 is the only Boeing type with the inward/upward doors.
The Lockheed L-188 Electra also had upward/inward sliding doors.