<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by DataPlumber:
This actually did happen. An American Eagle ATR was climbing out over Chicago when the rear PAX door blew off. The cabin Depressurized and the FA was nearly sucked out even though she was seated and strapped in. If you search the FAA SDR database, you should be able to find it.
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Yes, this is the incident--I'm sure of it. My boss was from South Bend, so ORD-SBN makes much more sense than ORD-IND. It sounds like the details were significantly exaggerated in the re-telling around our office, but this is definitely it.
I'm impressed--you guys are great detectives! I knew someone here would have the answer.