[johncocktoasten]

“They’re basically caused by the flailing of limbs caused when the seated, belted passengers suddenly get ejected into a slipstream with an apparent speed of 250-300 mph”

And at cruise altitude, they would be clocking more like 500 mph. I would think the immediate exposure to that windspeed would break bones, think of the idiots who stand out in the 70-80 mph winds of a hurricane, then multiply that by force by 5.

[ansel12]

think of the idiots who stand out in the 70-80 mph winds of a hurricane

Or that used to climb from one car into another and back at 70 or 80mph going down the freeway?

[Seruzawa]

think of the idiots who stand out in the 70-80 mph winds of a hurricane, then multiply that by force by 5.

Or the idiots who are ordered to go out in a typhoon to secure patrol boats that are coming loose. Of the poor idiots in the boats on the river during the typhoon.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

And at cruise altitude, they would be clocking more like 500 mph. I would think the immediate exposure to that windspeed would break bones, think of the idiots who stand out in the 70-80 mph winds of a hurricane, then multiply that by force by 5.

I recall reading somewhere that all of the bodies from Flight 800 had broken necks.

It's a mercy, actually.