Pilot sucked halfway out of plane at 17,300 feet survived as crew held his legs
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A British Airways captain was pulled halfway out of his cockpit after a window shattered at 24,000 feet in 1990. Two crew members held him while the co-pilot took control and made an emergency landing at Southampton.
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-1990-a-cockpit-window-blew-out-at-17300-feet-and-sucked-british-airways-captain-tim-lancaster-halfway-out-of-his-plane-crew-members-held-his-legs-for-about-20-minutes-until-the-jet-landed-and-he-survived/articleshow/135596532.cms
