article_snippet: Airline expert Chris Yates said last night that 'it was entirely possible' that the removal of the safety pin could have caused the door to open.
article_snippet: Airline expert Chris Yates said: 'the safety pin is part and parcel of the locking mechanism on the aircraft door.
article_snippet: Essentially, if you remove the safety pin there is a possibility that you could potentially open the door and decompress the cabin.'
article_snippet: However, while the risk was real, Airline expert Chris Yates added that in all likelihood the door would have been held shut by the speed of the plane moving through the air.
highlights_snippet: Crew of new James Bond film removed a safety pin from one of the aircraft's doors .
  
highlights_snippet: Removed a safety pin from one of the aircraft's doors – which experts say could have resulted in a mid-air disaster; .
  