cargo door
Aircraft loading hatch
A cargo door is a large door on an aircraft, ship, or vehicle designed for loading and unloading freight rather than passengers.
On aircraft, cargo doors are typically located on the fuselage below the passenger cabin or at the rear: The ground crew opened the cargo door to unload the shipment.
Cargo doors are engineered to seal securely against pressure differentials and weather.
- hatchOpening in deck or floor
- fuselageAircraft's central structure
- lower deckShip level below main
- loadingAdding weight or cargo
- loading bayTruck delivery platform
ramp · freight · air freight · aircraft · wide body · flight deck · latch · seal · safety latch · pressurized · explosive decompression · hold · jetway · container · pallets · belly · hydraulic · swing
- Air Cargoair freight, freighter, air transport, airlift, payload
- Space ShuttlesAtlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, Endeavour
- ship access pointsgangway, gangplank, boarding ramp, hatch, boarding gate
- Checked Luggagesuitcase, checked bag, luggage, duffel bag, garment bag
- aircraft partswing, wings, fuselage, aileron, ailerons
- lifting equipmenthoist, scissor lift, davit, crane, elevator