Morgans wrote:

There was a case where a mechanic matched new screws from looking at the
old screws, instead of going to the repair book and getting the right
screws, while replacing a windshield in an airliner. The screws he used
were slightly undersized, and they were not able to hold, once they got
to a high pressure differential. On the first (or one of the first)
flights, the windshield blew out. Other pilot, and I think stew, held
him from blowing completely out, but he was most of the way out. I
don't remember if he died or not.


He survived to fly again, I saw the documentary. The accident was a
British carrier.

AFAIR, the pilot who held his feet retired, never to fly again...