"Eduardo K." wrote in message
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That said, one of the regulars says a pilot died in a similar
incident in 1998 when a windshield on a 747 fell off and the pilot was
sucked and froze to death. Is it true?

Any "regular" making such a claim should be able to present a record of such
an incident.

I seriously doubt it did happen, but it's a lot harder to prove the absence
of an event. Just because no one here has heard of it, that's not proof it
didn't happen (though it does strongly suggest it didn't ).

If it actually did happen, it should be trivial for someone claiming it did
to show you a news article or aviation agency report describing the event.

I haven't seen the details of the event as originally stated, but your
description doesn't sound plausible to me. There would be significant
airflow through a window, no doubt, but I doubt it would be enough to suck a
person (whatever is meant by that), and freezing to death would require more
than some localized frostbite.

Sounds like your BS detector got set off, and it also sounds like your BS
detector is working properly.

Pete