Could you really jump from a plane into a storm, holding 9 kilos of stolen cash, and survive? The cabin suddenly filled with condensation mist. The plane bounced violently and the tail section snapped off. Captain Tim Lancaster was not deterred. Then her family intervened, Baby with bowel obstruction died after hospital's failures, coroner finds, Selling the furniture and couch surfing: Families forced to make 'impossible' decisions amid fears inflation crisis hitting kids, 'You could tell where the Russians had been': These Australians returned to Ukraine to help the country rebuild, NT chief minister apologises to outgoing police commissioner over retirement settlement comments, Sex offender Francis Wark fails to get his conviction quashed for killing 17yo Hayley Dodd in 1999, Tasmanian mental health beds to go as St Helen's Private Hospital in Hobart set to close. One of the most well-known incidents involving pilot incapacitation was British Airways flight 5390. Due to the high speed and low pressure at that altitude, pulling Lancaster back was humanly impossible. The pilot managed to wrestle the aircraft under control with about 20 seconds to spare before it would have splashed down. The crew has worked together to not only keep their Captain alive but everyone else on that flight who was at great risk. Interview. Explosive decompressions can cause a serious threat to life onboard an aircraft. in 1990 the window of a plane fell off and one of the pilots got sucked out so they . Flight attendant Nigel Ogden grabbed his Captains ankles before disappearing out of the window. On the 10th June 1990. he was the first officer on BA flight 5390 from Birmingham, England, departing to Malaga, Spain. On December 17th, 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright managed to cover 852 ft over 59 seconds in a plane they had built from scratch, giving birth to the new world of aviation that we know today. About an hour into the flight, an engine's fan disk failed. As the air pressure equalised, wind rushed back into the cockpit, creating a mini-tornado of papers and debris.
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