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RIP to the women that's a rather unfortunate way to go. I keep my seatbelt on anyways just in case I'm asleep and don't want to be woken up as the belt light has come on.
Women dies from Southwest Airlines engine explosion
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Just to add some context to this incident around 100 people die daily on the roads in the USA...
Some of these people would no doubt die in conditions as bad of not worse then the woman on the plane. Airplane fatalities make the news due to their rarity.
Looks like a good job from the ex Air force pilot after the proverbial hit the fan.
I always tend to keep my belt on in a plane as its not personally uncomfortable and at the least might stop you bouncing about too much if the plane hits some sudden turbulence (I've had this experience myslef)
Some of these people would no doubt die in conditions as bad of not worse then the woman on the plane. Airplane fatalities make the news due to their rarity.
Looks like a good job from the ex Air force pilot after the proverbial hit the fan.
I always tend to keep my belt on in a plane as its not personally uncomfortable and at the least might stop you bouncing about too much if the plane hits some sudden turbulence (I've had this experience myslef)
Yes. Not to be grim but I wonder if she was all there when they got her back in
And anyway, seen as this is OcUK, shouldn't we be correcting all the headlines to say that she was "ejected" out of the plane due to decompression? You're not actually sucked out, you're blown out due to the plane being highly pressurised.
I read about this yesterday where they'd pulled her to safety and I almost posted the story here. Shocking to hear she's now died.
This was the original feed I read with some footage during the flight showing passengers using the oxygen masks.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...s-glass-mid-flight/ar-AAvZ5Q6?ocid=spartandhp
This was the original feed I read with some footage during the flight showing passengers using the oxygen masks.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...s-glass-mid-flight/ar-AAvZ5Q6?ocid=spartandhp
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When a circa 36 inch circumference person is very forcibly pushed through a smaller diameter hole it is unlikely to be a pleasant experience for her or those around her. She was not made of toothpaste. You only have to stick an un-helmeted head out of a car window at 140 MPH to see what the air stream alone does to your ability to breath, God knows what the experience is like at an airliner's cruising speed
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I suspect it was because the suction through a small window did vital damage to her spine/neck/internal organs.
It’s tragic for the deceased and her family but - statistically at least - it’s almost a non story, this type of failure is extremely rare given the number of similar - tried and tested - engines in service and the millions upon millions of safe hours they have ran for.
Nobody thinks twice about crossing a road yet more people die globally in a day from this activity than those who die in an aircraft accident in a decade....
I leave my belt on when flying- if we were meant to fly, we’d all have wings!
Nobody thinks twice about crossing a road yet more people die globally in a day from this activity than those who die in an aircraft accident in a decade....
I leave my belt on when flying- if we were meant to fly, we’d all have wings!
Exactly the 737-700 has a cruising speed of ~580mph, I’d be surprised if she had much of her face left attached once they dragged her back in...Try sticking your head out the window/sunroof in a car when on the motorway and you'll realise how hard it is to breath and then there's all the airflow hitting your face.
That amplified multiple times on a plane...
One of the eye witnesses said there was blood everywhere. So it might have something to do with the metal/glass that was exposed.
And some of the airflow will have pockets of near Mach 1 velocities, which is probably like a brick scraping across you.
Air density at that sort of altitude is only something like 15% of sea level air density, so the impact on the body is greatly reduced.
As muon says, it'll have been the buffeting of the body/head against the broken glass that will have done the job.
As muon says, it'll have been the buffeting of the body/head against the broken glass that will have done the job.
It does not add up the is something wrong with this story.
Most plane windows are around 100 sq inches, the is no way in the world a hole in the plane window would suck a 60 to 90 kg person out.
The blade has hit her no two ways about it.
RIP either way.
Most plane windows are around 100 sq inches, the is no way in the world a hole in the plane window would suck a 60 to 90 kg person out.
The blade has hit her no two ways about it.
RIP either way.