The Nation - News from May 14, 1989

The rear stairway door of a TWA jet carrying 59 people opened in mid-flight, but the plane flew the remaining 300 miles to Columbus, Ohio, its destination, and landed safely, an official said. The incident caused no pressure problems in the cabin of the Boeing 727 en route from New York to Columbus because an inside door separated the cabin from the outside air, a control tower supervisor said. The door that opened was attached to stairs and used as an emergency exit or occasional alternate entrance to the plane.