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... who had logged 11,050 flight hours, including 1,075 hours on the BAC One-eleven; the copilot was 39-year-old Alastair Atchison, with 7,500 flight hours, ... PlaneCrashWiki Explore MainPage Discuss AllPages Community InteractiveMaps RecentBlogPosts Community Help Recentblogposts Discussions FANDOM Games Anime Movies TV Video Wikis ExploreWikis CommunityCentral StartaWiki Don'thaveanaccount? Register SignIn Advertisement in: 1990s,BritishAirwaysIncidents&Accidents,Cabindecompression,PoorMaintenance BritishAirwaysFlight5390 Edit Editsource History Talk(0) BritishAirwaysFlight5390 G-BJRT,theaircraftinvolved,seeninJuly1989 Accident Date 10June1990 Summary Explosivedecompressionduetofaultymaintenance Site Didcot,Oxfordshire,England Flight AircraftModel BACOne-Eleven528FL AircraftName CountyofSouthGlamorgan Airline BritishAirways FlightNumber (IATA)BA5390(ICAO)BAW5390 CallSign SPEEDBIRD5390 Registration G-BJRT FlightOrigin BirminghamAirport,England FlightDestination MálagaAirport,Spain Occupants 87 Passengers 81 Crew 6 Fatalities 0 Injuries 2 Survivors 87 BritishAirwaysFlight5390wasascheduledpassengerflightfromBirminghamAirport,EnglandtoMálagaAirport,Spain.On10June1990,shortlyaftertakeoff,theBACOne-Elevenoperatingtheflightsufferedanexplosivedecompressionafteranimproperlyinstalledwindscreenpanelseparatedfromitsframe,causingtheplane'scaptaintobeblownpartiallyoutoftheaircraft.TheaircraftlandedatSouthamptonAirportwithnolossoflife. Contents 1Background 1.1Aircraft 1.2Crew 2Incident 3Seealso Background[] Aircraft[] TheaircraftoperatingFlight5390wasaBACOne-Eleven528FLregisteredasG-BJRT.Theaircraftfirstflewon8February1971andwasdeliveredtoBavariaFluggesellschafton26February1971.ItwaslatertransferredtoBavariaGermanairin1977,Hapag-LloydFlugin1979,BritishCaledonianin1981,andfinallytoBritishAirwaysin1988. Crew[] Thecaptainoftheflightwas42-year-oldTimothy(Tim)Lancaster,whohadlogged11,050flighthours,including1,075hoursontheBACOne-eleven;thecopilotwas39-year-oldAlastairAtchison,with7,500flighthours,with1,100ofthemontheBACOne-eleven.Theaircraftalsocarriedfourcabincrewand81passengers. Incident[] Atchisonhandledaroutinetake-offat08:20localtime(07:20UTC)thenhandedcontroltoLancasterastheplanecontinuedtoclimb.BothpilotsreleasedtheirshoulderharnessesandLancasterloosenedhislapbelt.At08:33(07:33UTC)theplanehadclimbedthroughabout17,300feet(5,300m)overDidcot,Oxfordshire,andthecabincrewwerepreparingformealservice. AirStewardNigelOgdenwasenteringthecockpitwhentherewasaloudbangandthecabinquicklyfilledwithcondensation.Theleftwindscreenpanel,onLancaster'ssideoftheflightdeck,hadseparatedfromtheforwardfuselage.Lancasterwaspropelledoutofhisseatbytherushingairfromthedecompressionandforcedheadfirstoutoftheflightdeck.Hiskneeswerecaughtontheflightcontrolsandhisuppertorsoremainedoutsidetheaircraft,exposedtoextremewindandcold.Theautopilothaddisengaged,causingtheplanetodescendrapidly.Theflightdeckdoorwasblowninwardontothecontrolconsole,blockingthethrottlecontrolandcausingtheaircrafttogainspeedasitdescended.Papersanddebriswereblownintotheflightdeckfromthepassengercabin.OgdenrushedtograbLancaster'sbelt,whiletheothertwoairstewardssecuredlooseobjects,reassuredpassengers,andinstructedthemtoadoptbracepositionsinanticipationofanemergencylanding. Theplanewasnotequippedwithoxygenforeveryoneonboard,soAtchisonbeganarapidemergencydescenttoreachanaltitudewithsufficientairpressure.Hethenre-engagedtheautopilotandbroadcastadistresscall,buthewasunabletoheartheresponsefromairtrafficcontrolbecauseofwindnoise.Thedifficultyinestablishingtwo-waycommunicationledtoadelayininitiationofemergencyprocedures.Ogden,stillholdingontoLancaster,wasbynowdevelopingfrostbiteandexhaustion,sochiefstewardJohnHewardandairstewardSimonRogerstookoverthetaskofholdingontothecaptain.BythistimeLancasterhadshiftedseveralinchesfartheroutsideandhisheadwasrepeatedlystrikingthesideofthefuselage.ThecrewbelievedhimtobedeadbutAtchisontoldtheotherstocontinueholdingontohim,outoffearthatlettinggomightcauseLancastertostriketheleftwing,engine,orhorizontalstabiliser,potentiallycausingdamagetotheaircraft. Eventually,AtchisonwasabletoheartheclearancefromairtrafficcontroltomakeanemergencylandingatSouthamptonAirport.TheairstewardsmanagedtofreeLancaster'sanklesfromtheflightcontrolswhilestillkeepingholdofhim.At08:55localtime(07:55UTC),theaircraftlandedatSouthamptonandthepassengersdisembarkedusingboardingsteps. Lancastersurvivedwithfrostbite,bruising,shock,andfracturestohisrightarm,leftthumbandrightwrist.Ogdendislocatedhisshoulderandhadfrostbiteonhisface,withdamagetooneeye.Therewerenoothermajorinjuries. Seealso[] SichuanAirlinesFlight8633,asimiliarincidentwherethewindshieldfailed Categories: 1990s BritishAirwaysIncidents&Accidents Cabindecompression PoorMaintenance Addcategory Cancel Save CommunitycontentisavailableunderCC-BY-SAunlessotherwisenoted. Advertisement FanFeed 1 UnitedAirlinesFlight175 2 AlohaAirlinesFlight243 3 AlaskaAirlinesFlight261 UniversalConquestWiki Let'sGoLuna!Wiki Club57Wiki FollowonIG TikTok JoinFanLab