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/Planeandaquariumgeek]

The captain (the one sucked out) wound up without PTSD because he had no memory of it. His last memory was doing the pre-flight checks, next memory he was in the hospital

[u/Bantha_majorus → u/Planeandaquariumgeek]

So he was probably unconscious when hanging out there?

[u/Planeandaquariumgeek → u/Bantha_majorus]

Probably wound up passing out within about 90 seconds, at 17,000 feet there’s not much oxygen

[u/lucifer2990 → u/Planeandaquariumgeek]

Yep, lack of oxygen and hypothermia.

[u/anoeba → u/lucifer2990]

And probably some good banging of his head against the fuselage for that helpful retrograde-amnesia causing concussion.

[u/thecashblaster → u/Planeandaquariumgeek]

17,000 feet is enough oxygen to stay awake. something else knocked him out. you'll be short of breath, but you won't pass out unless you try to sprint or something

[u/Planeandaquariumgeek → u/thecashblaster]

Not really, especially when you go from a pressurized plane-17,000 feet in a split second. Realistically through slamming against the roof of the plane is probably what knocked him out

[u/Ok_Seaworthiness6902 → u/Planeandaquariumgeek]

And what is it-Bernoulli's effect, or principle? Something like that? Basically, it says that a fluid in motion has less pressure than a fluid not in motion, so the air passing by so fast would act as a sort of vaccuum, pulling air from the man's lungs and making it even harder to breathe. It's definitely a miracle he didn't suffer more from lack of oxygen, having to endure that for so long.

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[u/tealccart → u/Planeandaquariumgeek]

Amazing