[xzins]

The top pic looks like the force went from inside the cabin to outside the plane, although it could have been curled up by wind pressure, I guess.

At 30,000 feet what could one make impact with? A meteorite???

Otherwise, you’d have some internal force pushing its way out and leaving the plane with edges pointing outward from the exiting force.

[NittanyLion]

Otherwise, you’d have some internal force pushing its way out and leaving the plane with edges pointing outward from the exiting force.

You do have an internal force - air. At 30K feet, it's pushing out at something like 10 pounds of force per square inch.

[Natural Born 54]

Re your comment about a meteorite, this short video points to that being a possibility on April 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Zz1Ek0F94

[spokeshave]

At 30,000 feet what could one make impact with? A meteorite???

Terminal velocity is about 160 mph due to air friction on the way down.

And yes...it would make an impact.