OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 503 times:
It's a hatch that allows access into the aircraft's "E & E" (electronics and equipment) bay. I can't think of a jetliner that doesn't have them, and the 747's is so high off the ground that a ladder is included. The E & E bay on narrow-bodied aircraft isn't accessible from the cockpit (can't think of any, anyways), but it may be on some widebodies. I recall in the Eastern 401 L-1011 Everglades crash that the F/E was down in the E & E at some point, and I presume theirs was also accessable from the ground. Don't know about the DC-10, 747, and widebody Airbus types, but I'm sure someone else can/will chime in...
TurbineBeaver From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 1199 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (11 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 496 times:
On a side note,
are there any pictures of the inside of this "E&E" room?
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