Wild footage shows wind-blasted passengers grip their seats when man opens plane door mid-flight (video)

At altitude its next to impossible. Quite impossible for a human.

[I apologise for the non-metric units here]

At 35,000 feet the difference in pressure is about 10 psig. The surface area of the hatch is approx 2.5 feet x 4 feet or 10 square feet, or 1440 square inches. As such the force to overcome the pressure differential is 14,400 pounds if applied uniformly. Good luck!

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