All the video footage of the plane clearly shows an extra (5th) door on the side of the plane aft of the wing, spaced only a few windows apart from another door.
Is this door something new? I don't recall seeing a 5th door on previous A350-1000 images.
ferpe From France, joined Nov 2010, 1771 posts, RR: 57 Reply 3, posted (5 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 10733 times:
Nice catch, you are right there is a door directly behind door 3 aft of the wing. I think it is the animation artist that has got it wrong, the 4th door is smaller then the 3rd and the normal 4th door is missing alltogether at the back of the plane, there is only the windows from a door but the door frame is missing. Further, the photo on the wall behind Slosar is having the normal 4 doors. Quite a miss from Airbus .
kaitak744 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 2208 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (5 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 10653 times:
Also, how can the A350-1000 only have 4 doors? Hasn't Airbus learned their lesson from the A340-600?
I am sure they will need a 5th door if they want to certify it to a capacity similar to the 777-300/ER.
ord From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 1370 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (5 months 2 weeks 5 days ago) and read 10274 times:
Quoting migair54 (Reply 4): I think is an error on the animation, two doors so close has not logic.
Well, here's a huge model of the A350-1000 being held up by executives at the same Airbus/Cathay Pacific press conference (2nd photo), and it clearly has the 5th door, too. So it is not just the video footage that shows the extra door.
CM From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (5 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 7521 times:
Quoting Stitch (Reply 8): The A350 Exit Limit with four doors is 440, but Airbus does offer an optional fifth door that increases the limit to 475.
This is correct. It is a problem all long widebodies face. You can get to an exit limit of 475 using 8 type A doors, but architecturally it is difficult to accomplish, and it certainly won't happen in a 9ab airplane. The two issues you are fighting are staying under the max distance between doors 2 and 3, and staying under the maximum number of seats between doors 3 and 4. The inability to solve this problem is what drives the requirement for the 5th "mid cabin" door.
It would not surprise me at all if Airbus is offering this door as an option for high density configurations. The real question is why is this door shown on model of a CX airplane? I have a hard time beliving their layout will require such a door.
migair54 From Spain, joined Jun 2007, 1276 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (5 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 5860 times:
Quoting Stitch (Reply 8): The A350 Exit Limit with four doors is 440, but Airbus does offer an optional fifth door that increases the limit to 475.
Ok, that make sense for evacuation issues, 475 pax is a lot of people, however in Airbus webpage they said only 350 in 3 class and high density with 440 but then that must be 2 class, in Wikipedia it says that in all economy can carry up to 550 pax.
Quoting CM (Reply 9): The real question is why is this door shown on model of a CX airplane?
It´s quite surprising actually, but i guess they use the same model plane for everybody and they produce the one with the 5th door.
KarelXWB From Netherlands, joined Jul 2012, 1751 posts, RR: 6 Reply 11, posted (5 months 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 5618 times:
Quoting ord (Reply 6): Well, here's a huge model of the A350-1000 being held up by executives at the same Airbus/Cathay Pacific press conference (2nd photo), and it clearly has the 5th door, too. So it is not just the video footage that shows the extra door.
And here is a high-res render of the Cathay Pacific A351, without the 5th door :S
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26684 posts, RR: 83 Reply 12, posted (5 months 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 3089 times:
Quoting migair54 (Reply 10): Ok, that make sense for evacuation issues, 475 pax is a lot of people, however in Airbus webpage they said only 350 in 3 class and high density with 440 but then that must be 2 class, in Wikipedia it says that in all economy can carry up to 550 pax.
The Exit Limit per Type A door is 110 passengers, so with 5 doors the maximum number of passengers an A350-1000 could carry is 550, However, I do not believe it has the cabin floorspace to carry that many. So that would be a theoretical limit, not a practical one.
CalebWilliams From United States of America, joined Dec 2008, 266 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (5 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 2400 times:
Quoting KarelXWB (Reply 11): And here is a high-res render of the Cathay Pacific A351, without the 5th door :S
Who cares about doors? What about the fact this aircraft is climbing out so low to the ground in Flaps 0 configuration.
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