Originally Posted by JS
Aha! So how is that any different than this situation? The rear doors were closed but unarmed. Are we not taking a risk every time we board a plane with unarmed rear doors? Maybe we should lobby the FAA to require all unopened doors to be armed at all times in case a fuel truck slams into the front of a plane and causes a fireball that blocks the one and only available exit on the port front side of the plane.
Did you even read the post you quoted? Here, I'll help.
Originally Posted by Bear96
If it is such an extreme emergency that people need to jump out of any opening, it is much easier to simply arm the other (closed) doors and then open them, then it is to try to close the door that was opened in the situation under discussion in order to arm it.
It is actually very difficult to close an airplane door from inside the airplane unless there is a way to get it started by first stepping outside onto a jetway or airstairs to get the door going.