Woodside man pulled off Virgin plane for sex act

[KamaAina]

http://blog.sfgate.com/crime/2014/09/24/woodside-man-pulled-off-virgin-plane-for-sex-act/

A Woodside man’s decision to take matters into his own hands, and then attempt to open an emergency exit door, prompted his Virgin America flight to make an unscheduled landing in Omaha, Neb., authorities said.

Doug Adams, 26, was spotted “masturbating in flight and later tried to open an exit door,” according to an Omaha police report obtained by NBC Los Angeles.

Sam Slater, a film producer on board, took video of Adams being taken off the plane at Eppley Field in Omaha. Slater said Adams had a hospital bracelet on. Two Boston police officers who were also on the flight helped restrain Adams during the Boston-to-Los Angeles flight, he said.

Passengers who disrupt a flight can face federal charges, especially if they interfere with aircraft crew members. But Adams was taken to a hospital for observation, authorities said.

A Virgin plane? I guess they'll have to sell it to another airline!

[rug]

1. THey wouldn't let him get off.

[KamaAina]

2. DUzy!

[geardaddy]

3. He was just trying to blow his hatch.

[lame54]

4. not much of a film producer...

he missed the best footage

[OriginalGeek]

15. I heard it was more like

inchage.

[Arugula Latte]

5. At least he didn't enter the cockpit.

[KamaAina]

6. Another DUzy!!

[jakeXT]

7. Just let him try and exhaust himself, maybe he'll take a nap after 5 minutes

Fortunately, while decompression can be dangerous, it is not going to happen because a fellow flier fancied a bit of fresh air for one simple reason: it is simply impossible to open a plane door during a flight.

“Cabin pressure won’t allow it,” explains Patrick Smith, an airline pilot and author of Cockpit Confidential, a book about air travel. “Think of an aircraft door as a drain plug, fixed in place by the interior pressure. Almost all aircraft exits open inward. Some retract upward into the ceiling; others swing outward; but they open inward first.

“At a typical cruising altitude, up to eight pounds of pressure are pushing against every square inch of interior fuselage. That’s over 1,100 pounds against each square foot of door.”

So even Chuck Norris couldn’t open it. But what about at lower altitudes, when cabin pressure is reduced?

“A meager two pounds per square inch is still more than anyone can displace — even after six cups of coffee and the aggravation that comes with sitting behind a shrieking baby,” says Smith. “The doors are further secured by a series of electrical and/or mechanical latches. You would need a hydraulic jack, and airport security doesn’t allow those.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/travel-truths/10306496/What-happens-if-you-open-the-plane-door-during-a-flight.html

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

8. He obviously chose the right airline for his needs.

Virgin indeed.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. And that's why you should always have a towel.

[antiquie]

13. Ow! (Mr Adams rolled over in his grave.)

[NewJeffCT]

10. He came from Woodside?

Or, did they manage to get him off before that?

[KamaAina]

11. (groan)

"came" AND "get him off"? Why is that necessary?

[mockmonkey]

12. How does one...

masturbate in flight? I would think all that arm flapping would make it difficult.

[DebJ]

14. Well now the plane isn't a virgin anymore. n/t