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To: PeteB570

The venturi effect of air rushing past that small opening at 400mph would definitely create a continuous suction. How much? Certainly enough to suck a piece of paper out the window, but would it be enough to continue sucking a person out? I don’t know.


13 posted on 04/19/2018 11:41:22 AM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: Henchster

From what I read and heard, I don’t think she actually died from being sucked out of the window. They said she still had her seat belt on and it kept inside the plane.

The nurse describing the incident made it sound like she was killed from the engine shrapnel coming through the window. Sounds like she would have died no matter what.


26 posted on 04/19/2018 12:35:01 PM PDT by okkev68
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Note in the pictures of the seats in the Southwest flight there were documents on the middle seat including a safety/emergency informational one typically found in the seat back location for magazines etc. Did not move an inch but she was sucked out and the impact with the wing and body of the plane are what killed her.

Interesting links here, the windows are designed not to shatter even when struck pretty severely
https://www.quora.com/What-would-happen-if-a-window-broke-in-an-airplane

https://www.quora.com/What-are-windows-of-airplanes-made-of-and-how-strong-are-they


27 posted on 04/19/2018 12:35:09 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: Henchster

What air gets sucked out as the cabin depressurizes must be replaced for air to continue to be sucked out. Those jets can’t pump air into the cabin that fast.

Once the cabin is depressurized it just wind and noise.

This has a nice little clip in it. Not that fast, only 150 mph, but you see little buffiting around the door. Doesn’t show the JM doing the door check. When the JM in the old days we hung way out the door with our hands on the insides and toes hanging out over the step.

http://www.military.com/video/specialties-and-personnel/paratroopers/a-paratroopers-perspective/3054278630001


32 posted on 04/19/2018 12:54:05 PM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: Henchster

It’s not called Bernoulli’s law for nothing.


35 posted on 04/19/2018 1:11:59 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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