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Captain Liu Chuanjian said the Airbus A319 had been cruising mid-air when a deafening sound flooded the cockpit.
"There was no warning," he told the Chengdu Economic Daily.
"The windshield just cracked and made a loud bang. The next thing I knew, my co-pilot had been sucked halfway out."
Luckily, the co-pilot was wearing a seatbelt. He was dragged back into the chaos of the cockpit, where pressure and temperature had dropped and the equipment was failing.
originally posted by: TEOTWAWKIAIFF
a reply to: Zaphod58
Captain Liu Chuanjian said the Airbus A319 had been cruising mid-air when a deafening sound flooded the cockpit.
"There was no warning," he told the Chengdu Economic Daily.
"The windshield just cracked and made a loud bang. The next thing I knew, my co-pilot had been sucked halfway out."
Luckily, the co-pilot was wearing a seatbelt. He was dragged back into the chaos of the cockpit, where pressure and temperature had dropped and the equipment was failing.
BBCnews.com, May 15, 2018 - China Sichuan Airlines pilot 'half sucked out of plane' survives.
Another person partially sucked out of an airplane!
This time it was the co-pilot (wearing a seatbelt) that partially taken out of the aircraft. The plane dropped some 8,000 feet. There were passengers onboard, no serious injuries to them or the co-pilot.
Add that cracked window on the other Southwest (??) plane... what is up with airplane windows suddenly cracking??