Originally Posted by
eyeball1
I remember watching a documentry a while back about a commercial plane windshield falling off (wrong rivets placed at a maintenance I think). The co-pilot landed the plane with no windshield. The amazing thing is the captain was sucked partially out of the plane, and the co-pilot and an FA was holding on to him by the foot and the captain actually survived. I'm not making thus up! Anyone else recall this?
Mayday
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mayday_episodes
S02E01
"Blow Out / Ripped From the Cockpit"
British Airways Flight 5390
(2005-01-23)
On 10 June 1990, on British Airways Flight 5390 the cockpit window blew out, sucking the captain partially through the hole. A member of the cabin crew clung to the pilot's legs as the co-pilot completed an emergency landing. The captain was found to be still alive after being outside the cockpit for 21 minutes. The blow out was caused by a maintenance worker installing the incorrect sized screws during maintenance work.
Discovery usually does a marathon of them from time to time (but especially during the holiday season)
