Man nearly gets sucked out of Ryanair plane

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I hate flying.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk65knkyzdo

He had his seat belt on…I think you are underestimating the force of an open window on a plane…

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Congratulations I guess.

It’s just a freak accident. Ryanair has an excellent safety records.

This immediately made me think Final Destination! And all these years I've been trying to tell myself that scene is way OTT...

Nope. It’s in case of severe turbulence! A 71 year old man died two years ago and scores of people were injured on a Singapore airlines flight from London to Singapore. And 8 people were injured on a Ryanair flight from Berlin to Milan last year.

This happened in the states a little while ago. A woman got sucked out but the passengers held onto her legs and pulled her bzck in but I think she died :( The pilot was remarkably calm requesting an emergency landing slot afterwards. So sad.

Oh lord here we go. The RA bashers. As another poster stated RA have an excellent safety record and it was one of those freak things. Could have been any pland anywhere. There is still more chance of being hit by a bus than being sucked out an airplane widow. And to the poster who thinks she should cancel her RA flights, it could be BA or EJ tomorrow

Check out the Southwest incident where this happened years ago. As PP said, Ryanair have an excellent safety record - this is a freak situation that is extremely rare. Keep your seatbelt on. I

Doubtful. There’s a reason they’re so cheap!

Actually, Ryanair has one of the best safety records in the world.

Ryanair has one of the best safety records.

I don’t doubt their safety record. And their staff are excellent & efficient. I just don’t enjoy flying with Ryanair. Only did so when no choice.

I’ve never trusted plane windows, they never seem sturdy enough and I know the hole is there for a reason but I never trust it

and to you all with your bums stopping you being sucked out, I’d never have that issue. My big fat belly would stop me long before that

Even if this were true, it has no relevance to this highly unusual event.

But how did his wife manage to keep him in by holding his legs then?

Sorry if this is a very stupid question, I do not understand physics! 😅

Or was he wedged in the window and the people holding his legs weren't really doing anything?

We'll have to wait for any official report but an engine failed causing the window to fail because of flying debris at lowish level, which means the differential pressure (inside v outside) was probably relatively low..

From unofficial early accounts it sounds like he then ended up with the airflow jamming his head against the open window frame, but he was restrained mainly by the seatbelt.

Obviously very nasty but possibly not quite in the league of some previous incidents/accidents, and sounds like all the crew did a good job..

The Malaga flight with pilot was because the aircraft engineer replaced a screw in the cockpit window with one that was 1mm too small and it could not withstand the pressure. I watched a documentary. Im sure it was something like the workspace wasn't lit properly or something like that. The inexperienced first officer who had to take over (was it first flight??) never flew again. This was over 20 years ago so someone will probably correct me. Pilot was outside the plane being held onto but survived.

In the BA case yes, that was an incorrect bolt diameter stuff up....multiple bolts, not just one.

Both the captain and the First Officer (co-pilot) did fly again...FWIW both were captains on the 747-400 with BA at one time well after the accident.

This is scary.

Knowing that airline, I’m surprised they haven’t tried to charge him extra for the ‘experience’ 🙄

Glad he’s ok though.

I suppose it is extra headroom.

Seriously though, it’s horrific.

Why do planes have windows, apart from looking at clouds etc, or seeing if it is dark outside, is there any point to them?

Windowless aircraft have been suggested from time to time but generally passenger sentiment is against it.

FWIW one reason the production Concordes (which flew at very high.level) had tiny passenger windows was to cater for the regs around being able to cope with a single window failure leading to depressurisation.

Mate, I was cabin crew for years. Yes, seatbelt fastened for severe turbulence but in case of an explosive decompression a seatbelt has saved lives. A simple Google will tell you about one of the most famous cases.

Fuck me, you can't say anything on here without someone trying to prove you wrong 🙄

Nope, not underestimating anything. I've been crew on an aircraft with an explosive decompression.