Where was 007?
Posted on 11/10/2023 11:10:27 AM PST by Twotone
A charter flight flying from London to Orlando was forced to land after the crew realized it reached 14,000 feet with two window panes missing.
The Titan Airways plane, which was previously used by King Charles and UK prime minister Rishi Sunak, took off from London's Stansted Airport on October 4 before the crew realized the windows had been damaged during a film shoot the previous day.
The Airbus A321 was carrying 11 crew members - three pilots, an engineer, loadmaster, and six cabin crew - and nine passengers who are also employed by the airline as well as the US-based luxury tour company TCS World Travel.
Shortly after takeoff the passengers noticed the cabin was colder and noisier than usual, per a report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch that warned the incident could have been 'more serious consequences.'
The plane continued to climb and reached 10,000 feet, meaning the seatbelt signs were off.
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Where was 007?
Stewardess, it’s kinda windy in here!...................
IIRC, the plane had been used for a movie shoot the day before and the windows had been removed, except for the pull down shade............
Never trust the movie folks when it comes to equipment, especially guns.
Inspection revealed that two of the windows behind the over-wing emergency exit were missing, with one additional window being loose. According to Travel and Leisure, airliner portholes consist of three layers: an outer pane that holds pressure, a vented middle pane that circulates air to prevent condensation, and an inner "scratch" pane to prevent passengers from damaging either of the above. Two of the windows had lost those two outer layers, owing to damage inadvertently caused during a photoshoot the day before.
During said photoshoot, the airline had reportedly used intense 12,000-watt stage lighting to simulate a sunrise. For up to five and a half hours, three of the windows were exposed to this intense light, and may have reached temperatures approaching 400 degrees Fahrenheit. This warped the acrylic windowpanes and melted their foam insulation, allowing them to fall out in flight and damage the left-side horizontal stabilizer as they passed.
If the windows were gone, it never pressurized. So there would be no suction. However it would have been very loud. And it would have been very sluggish. As it climbed the air would have gotten very cold. And at some point the oxygen would have been quite thin. 14,000 feet is a ski hill in Colorado.
Well at least they weren’t missing 2 engines
So the movie crew, fatally damaged the windows.
On the other side of the window is freedom.
Did Alec Baldwin shoot the windows out?
Just pull the shades down.
Yikes, what a handle!
“If the windows were gone, it never pressurized. So there would be no suction. However it would have been very loud. And it would have been very sluggish. As it climbed the air would have gotten very cold. And at some point the oxygen would have been quite thin. 14,000 feet is a ski hill in Colorado”
The outer windows left the aircraft during flight.
The plane was pressurized starting with the pre-pressurization mode that begins on takeoff, then continues when the weight off wheels commands the pressurization system to flight mode.
I have no idea where you get the idea that the plane was ‘sluggish’.
Oxygen content of the atmosphere is the same at sea level as it is at 60,000 feet. It is the density of the atmosphere that is reduced, not the oxygen.
Exactly. I went skydiving last year. At 13,500 feet we opened the door. I was a tad nervous so I can’t tell you if I had any trouble breathing. It was just loud and a bit chilly.
Then a second or so of intense fear followed by really cool exhilaration.
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