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While his first officer, Alastair Atchison, fought to control the aircraft, cabin attendant Nigel Ogden, who'd enter the flight deck to ask if the pilots ... Skiptocontent LoginMemberaccountOrdertrackingMyordersWoocommerceAirbusBoeingKeychainsT-shirtsHatsAirportsModelsRadioToysTopmenu Search: NewsEmergencyReportsMilitarySpaceLivestreamsWebcamsTVStore 30yearsago,aBritishAirwayspilotwassuckedoutofacockpitandsurvivedthankstothecrew Nov222020History ThirtyyearsagoaBritishAirwayscaptainwassuckedhalfwayoutofhiscockpitwhenawindscreenblewoutat17,300ftoverOxfordshire. Hesurvivedbecauseastewardheldontohistrouserbeltandlegs–andthankstohisco-pilotmanagingtomakeanemergencylanding. ItwasJune10,1990,andtheflightcrewoftheMalaga-boundplane,aBAC-111aircraft,hadearlierperformedaroutinetake-offfromBirmingham. Butthen,overDidcot,theleft-handwindscreeninthecockpitcamelooseandflewoff,causingapotentiallydeadlydecompression. Theairlefttheflightdeckwithsuchforcethatthecockpitdoorwaspulledoffitshingesandhurledagainstthethrottlecontrols,causingtheplanetorapidlyaccelerateasitheadeddownwards. Thecaptain,TimLancaster,washalfsuckedout,withhislegscaughtontheflightcontrols. Whilehisfirstofficer,AlastairAtchison,foughttocontroltheaircraft,cabinattendantNigelOgden,who’dentertheflightdecktoaskifthepilotswantedanyrefreshments,grabbedholdofLancasterandheldontohimwithallhismight. MrLancaster’shead,meanwhile,wasbangingagainstthefuselage–thecrewwerecertainhe’ddied. MrOgdentoldtheSundayTimes:‘AllIcanrememberislookingatAlastairAtchinson,theco-pilot,strugglingtogettheplaneundercontrolandshouting“Mayday!Mayday!”intotheradio.’ Eventually,withthehelpofanotherflightattendant,SimonRogers,theyfreedMrLancaster’slegsfromthecontrolsandMrAtchisonwasabletomakeanemergencylandingatSouthampton,withnopassengerinjuries. ThatMrLancastersurvivedthe22-minuteordealismiraculous. Hewastreatedinhospitalforabrokenarm,frostbiteandseverebruising,whileMrOgdensufferedadislocatedshoulderandfrostbite. Itwasdiscoveredlaterthatthewindscreenwasnewlyfitted,butwithscrewsthatweretoosmallindiameter.All87oftheboltsflewoutoncetheaircraftgainedaltitude,owingtothedifferenceinpressurebetweentheinsideandoutsideofthefuselage. November22,2020 Sharethispost ShareonFacebookShareonFacebook TweetShareonTwitter ShareonWhatsAppShareonWhatsApp ShareonLinkedInShareonLinkedIn LATESTNEWSVIDEOWorldLeadersarriveforQueenElizabethIIStateFuneralatLondonStanstedAirportSeptember24,2022ALERTWestAtlanticBoeing737-300FoverrantheendofrunwayatMontpellierAirportSeptember24,2022INCIDENTLosAngelesFireDepartmentpulledanunconsciousworkerfromaFedEx’saircraftfueltankSeptember23,2022BREAKINGAeroflotstaffstartedtoreceiveconscriptionnoticesafterPresidentPutinorderedamilitarymobilisationSeptember23,2022PassengerarrestedafterpunchingAmericanAirlinesflightattendantinthebackSeptember23,2022AF-15fighterjethasbeenscrambledtointerceptanaircraftflyingoverNYCrightafterJoeBiden’sUNSpeechSeptember22,2022 OURSTORE TOPGUNMaverickU.S.NavyF/A-18Legocompatible $54.90 AirbusA350XWBMug $24.90 KLMBoeing747-400metalmodelaircraft $29.90 BritishAirwaysAirbusA380metalmodelaircraft $29.90 AirbusCuffedBeanie $34.90 FirstClassFlyerRedShort-SleeveUnisexT-Shirt $24.90 GotoTop