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Dave Doe wrote:
In article ,
says...

Hi. I need help with some data. Today, the plane carrying our
country's president had to get back to the aiport because a crack appeared
in a window. This made front page of evening newspapers and stirred up
a heated discussion in local newsgroups.

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? I googled a lot and could only find
links to 'Lost' series websites...

Any mythbusters on site?

It *did* happen - but guess what, the pilot survived (dunno if it was a
747 though).

The co-pilot did a fantastic job of bringing the plane down to below
10,000' (give the guy hangin' out the window (the captain) a chance!) -
and then landed sucessfully. The captain made a full recovery.

I'm sure someone will dig up the reference.

If I remember correctly, it was a BAe-146. Someone just posted
the link to the incident in the thread. Was a BAW flight.

BL.
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