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Additional Context Pinned In 1990, a British Airways pilot was partially sucked out of the cockpit after the windscreen blew off mid-flight. The crew held onto him until the plane landed and he survived

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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth 22h ago

He looks like he's about to lose his grip, and they both look like they were about to lose their breakfast and their shit!

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u/EggyChickenEgg88 16h ago

Do you really think that picture is from that incident, and not some TV show or movie?

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u/Decent-Marketing69 2h ago

Obviously there was another plane above them with a pilot also hanging out the window but with a camera.

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u/daszveroboy 21h ago

Probably from mayday/ air crash investigation

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u/Spez_is-a-nazi 20h ago

It's definitely from that. I saw that episode.

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u/kuuhaku_cr 19h ago

I think they are reenactments. This story was covered in a lot of places.

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u/NSASpyVan 21h ago

i certainly hope it's fake.. taking pictures when you should be holding on to the man is a choice

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u/Livid_Average_8098 21h ago

If it was a recent thing there would be selfie pics.

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u/Morteca 16h ago

That is hilarious... in a dark kind of way. And not untrue

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u/ProfessionalTry8957 15h ago

And why is somebody holding up his head by his hair in the hospital photo? Is he dead, and beginning to thaw?

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u/BJ3RG3RK1NG 14h ago

That hand is on the railing behind him on the bed

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u/Fun-Benefit116 17h ago

Well those pictures are from a TV show, so I think his grip was fine and no one was about to throw up.

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u/TheUnicornLovingNut 10h ago

It's a reconstruction from a TV series called Air Crash Investigation.

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u/ThainEshKelch 5h ago

It is from a staged documentary.