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Sichuan Airlines co-pilot 'sucked halfway' out of cockpit, captain says
Yahoo ^
| 5/15/2018
| Brenda Goh
Posted on 05/15/2018 10:03:03 AM PDT by wastedyears
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The co-pilot of a Sichuan Airlines flight that was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday was "sucked halfway" out of the plane after a cockpit windshield blew out, media reported, citing the aircraft's captain.
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KEYWORDS: aviation
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Another incident involving a failed window, but without the catastrophic failure of another part.
To: wastedyears; EveningStar; SkyDancer
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:03:19 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Americans are dreamers too.)
To: wastedyears
I guess the seat belt sign was off................
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:05:28 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
To: wastedyears
The windshield on that jet... sucks...
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:07:05 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Red Badger; wastedyears
Does’t he get a ticket for not wearing his seat belt?
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:07:56 AM PDT
by
Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: wastedyears
Unlike the windows next to your seat on some planes the windows in the cockpit can be opened. Maybe it was shut right.
I was told that planes would be a lot efficient if they didn’t have widows by an aviation engineer type.
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:09:41 AM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.)
To: Red Badger
According to the article he was wearing a seatbelt which is required at all times for the pilots.
My guess is the report about him being sucked out is an exaggeration.
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:11:20 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: wastedyears
I’m skeptical. 32,000 feet, 575 mph airspeed, -70F and front
windscreen breaks? I would think instant death for cockpit crew.
To: Jim 0216; Moonman62
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:13:16 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
To: Jim 0216
I thought commercial pilots actually wore a harness rather than a seat belt
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:13:28 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming))
To: Red Badger
‘The co-pilot, who was wearing a seatbelt, was pulled back in.’
Lucky he was wearing it.
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:13:50 AM PDT
by
Lent
To: Lent
He must not have had it very snug....................
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:14:54 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
To: wastedyears
Happened to British Airways Flight 5390 in 1990, also. In that case, the pilots feet hooked the control wheel and almost crashed the plane. He also survived.
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:21:02 AM PDT
by
DocRock
(And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
To: bert
Yeah, probably should get two tickets for that.
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:21:10 AM PDT
by
Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: wastedyears
Sounds like an open and shut case.
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:22:15 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
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To: ThomasThomas
the windows in the cockpit can be opened. Maybe it was shut right.... Probably not closed all the way at the gate, after the pilots paid the gas bill.
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:22:43 AM PDT
by
C210N
(Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
To: wastedyears
Sucked halfway out???
Fortunately Otto Pilot had a better experience.
To: ThomasThomas
"...a lot efficient if they didn’t have windows..."
Adding windows simply has to compromise the structural integrity of the aluminum shell of the aircraft, plus make it heavier.
They need to revamp the use of ridiculous windows in the passenger cabin.
They can differentiate between the seats by calling them “sleep” seats or “aisle” seats.
Eventually the interior walls will be lined with monitors and will have HD projections of what is outside via cameras pointed to exterior of jetliner.
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posted on
05/15/2018 10:24:44 AM PDT
by
Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: Red Badger
Shoulda known not to post #17 before I went through the replies!
GMTA
To: wastedyears
Ah, bet he had the best view on the plane...
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