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Broken window in jet plane
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? -- Eduardo K. | To put a pipe in byte mode, http://www.carfun.cl | type PIPE_TYPE_BYTE. http://e.nn.cl | (from the Visual C++ help file.) |
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no, but there is this story: http://www.gallagher.com/ejection_seat/
"Eduardo K." wrote in message ... 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? -- Eduardo K. | To put a pipe in byte mode, http://www.carfun.cl | type PIPE_TYPE_BYTE. http://e.nn.cl | (from the Visual C++ help file.) |
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or follow up this
http://www.washtimes.com/business/20...5651-9524r.htm and this http://www.airdisaster.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=72212 ".Blueskies." wrote in message et... no, but there is this story: http://www.gallagher.com/ejection_seat/ "Eduardo K." wrote in message ... 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? -- Eduardo K. | To put a pipe in byte mode, http://www.carfun.cl | type PIPE_TYPE_BYTE. http://e.nn.cl | (from the Visual C++ help file.) |
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"Eduardo K." wrote in message
... [...] 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 |
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:23:27 +1200, Dave Doe wrote:
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. It was actually on Seconds From Disaster on Discover Channel I believe about 3 months ago. It was pretty interesting. They interviewed the co-pilot and said the only reason why he told the fight attendant to hold on to him was in fear of the body being sucked into an engine. He was sure that the pilot was dead. But when they got on the ground, they found that the pilot was actually still alive but half frozen. It was found that the pilot side windscreen had just been replaced and that the maintenance crew had used the wrong screws which eventually let loose. The co-pilot did a good job considering the pilots foot was wedged into the yoke with the seatbelt. Scott D. take out the obvious to email me Scott D. take out the obvious to email me |
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"Peter Duniho" wrote Sounds like your BS detector got set off, and it also sounds like your BS detector is working properly. 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. -- Jim in NC |
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"Dave Doe" wrote in message . nz... 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. Duncan, You are thinking of: http://www.planecrashinfo.com/unusual.htm 06/10/1990 British Airways BAC-111 On a flight from Birmingham, England to Malaga, Spain, at FL 173, a large section of windshield fell away from the aircraft. The decompression pulled the captain out from under his seatbelt. Despite trying to hold onto the yoke, the captain was sucked out into the opening. A steward in the cockpit was able to grab hold of his legs. Another steward was able to strap himself into the vacant seat and aid in holding onto the captain's legs. The copilot wearing full restraints made an emergency landing at Southampton. The captain remained half way out of the aircraft for 15 minutes and suffered only frostbite and some fractures. Improper bolts used to replace the windshield two days earlier resulted in the accident. |
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