"Andrew B" wrote in message
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"Netko" wrote in message
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On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:38:22 +0100, Andrew B wrote
(in article ) :

Isn't it the cargo door, as in the attached 3-view drawing (filched
shamelessly from the ATR web site)? It hinges upwards (the door, that
is).

It's depicted open in Flight's cutaway drawing at:

http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace...laviation1949-
2006cutaways/aerospatiale-atr42-cutaway-6662.aspx

What a long URL.


Thank you Netko, that explains it, I hadn't thought of a cargo hold ahead of
the passenger cabin.

It's not that unusual, when CC-137s flew in combi configuration, the crated
cargo was typically forward and we self-loading cargo were aft.
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