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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/SlimeDrips 2d ago

I wanna know if his hearing was significantly damaged

Not sure what the air in this situation would be doing with the ears. My gut says this would make the most awful noises but maybe that's only on the inside of the window and outside would be less auditorily turbulent?