Why passenger jets make awkward paratroop transports

Could a modern passenger jet be converted to carry and drop paratroopers?

Theoretically yes, especially using doors behind the wings, but the aircraft would need a suitable drop profile and safe clearance from the airframe.

A passenger jet could theoretically drop paratroops, particularly through doors behind the wings. It would have to fly lower and slower than its normal operating profile. Front and overwing exits create obvious obstructions, while rear exits still raise questions about clearance from the tail. Concern about parachutes reaching the engines is followed by an argument that exhaust temperature falls quickly and that opening would be delayed after exit. A panellist recalls an African operation involving airliners but is uncertain about the war and participants. The proposal remains a qualified possibility, followed by the practical question of why a C-130 would not be used instead.