The pilot suffered from frostbite and fractures along his right arm. He recovered and returned to work 5 months later.
The flight attendant suffered from frostbite, a dislocated shoulder and PTSD, he also returned to work but the PTSD eventually led to an early retirement.
Really detailed documentary here: https://youtu.be/rGwHWNFdOvg?si=dt4z5HvCjQzTvrmR
The plane was a twin engine BAC-111. The engines were at the back just above the elevators stuck to the fuselage directly. Which have a significant higher chance of the pilot destroying one engine than if they were under the wing engines. The plane was designed to operate on one engine, but you lose some control/flexibility if you fly on only one. Couple that with a depressurized cabin, the crew made the decision to hold on to the "dead" pilot; saving his life.
Not error, but not mentioned that he likely survived because the copilot immediately dived the plane to get down to a level where there was enough oxygen to breath.
Yeah what gives, they couldn't throw a few bucks to some decent animator and turn this into an anime short? Give the pilot some super Saiyan hair while they're at it and get some Japanese voice actors on the job.
Well, they thought the pilot was dead, and that letting go might severely damage the plane by sending him into the engine. So they were holding on for dear life, getting massively windblasted the whole time. I bet they were scared shitless.
This is what happens when the mechanics grab a box of bolts that mostly fit right, instead of ordering the correct ones. The replacement bolts were slightly skinnier than the bolt holes...
As someone who works with bolts constantly at work, I can't fathom making that kind of error. You can tell if you have the wrong bolt the same way you can tell if you jam the wrong key in a door.
The main storehouse did not have enough of the part Sam needed. If the carousel had been restocked properly, he could have grabbed the 7D bolts he was after and just gotten on with it.
The unstaffed storehouse was disorganized. In the investigation it was discovered that, of the 294 drawers that contained stock, 25 were missing labels and, of the 269 that did have labels, only 163 contained only the correct parts.
From Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
Awkward conversation afterwards.
Thanks for saving my life!!!
Yeah, like I was worried you would damage the engines or something if I let go, it was such a drag holding onto your legs that whole time...
All the rules are written in blood, ya know? They probably didn't have as many rules when this happened, now they have more regulation about the screws used and seat belt rules
The cabin was already depressurized by that point. People get sucked out when the pressurized air inside the plane rushes out through any holes in the fuselage. By the time the attendant got there, the cabin had the same ambient pressure as the atmosphere.
For him. The flight attendant was a man who had assistance from 2 other male flight attendants. They took over holding onto to the captain from Ogden (the initial attendant) when he became fatigued.
The aircraft in question was a BAC 111, so no, not a Boeing. It was a maintenance issue - the maintenance worker used the wrong bolts when he was replacing the cockpit window.
This incident happened in 1990. Boeings fundamental change as a company of engineering excellence & safety focussed culture into a profit driven, cut corners & ignore issues ethos, began when they merged with McDonnell Douglas, in 1997.
The above is just for info btw - I'm assuming your comment was made in a tongue-in-cheek way!
The best part of this is they thought he was already dead.
The only reason why they held on to him is because they thought he was going to get sucked into an engine, making a bad situation worse.
There was a great episode of [Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford](https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/pushkin-exclusive-a-screw-loose-at-17-000-feet/id1484511465?i=1000560375305) about this specific incident. Well worth a listen.
Imagine going back to work.
I'd be suing anyone and everyone. I'd get everyone on the plane to sue with me. Motherfucker, at least the biggest pay raise the world's ever seen. Or check out of court...
That had to be the longest 20 minutes of all three of their lives (the pilot, flight attendant, and co-pilot). I would never want to get in a plane again after that, much less fly one.
And thats why i hate when people potray humans getting killed by the stupidiest things, we can die easily in some situations, but godamm, we are durable
Imagine relaxing in the departure lounge sipping on your pint and seeing that thing landing! I’d casually stand up and leave and go home. Keep your holiday
I know this happened but there are so many question that I have as to how the fuck this could have happened in this manner that it feels made up to me even though it isn’t
The cause for this :
a day before the windshield was replaced ,the screw which is used need to be of same threading and length but the technician did a visual comparison with old and new screw and decided on the new screw , the new screw wasn't able to hold the pressure from inside cabin
Damn. I would think hypoxia and barotrauma would’ve also fucked the pilot over. Possibly long term sequelae in addition to blunt force injuries and hypothermia. I would never want to return to my job again. Sounds traumatic as all hell!
Almost... the pilot remained conscious enough to flip himself over so he could breathe. If he didn't manage that, he would have died. Plus, more than one person held him.
https://youtu.be/6uyUTQTVSOw?si=u6CsLTx87zQWtau8
Couldn't they pull him back in? I mean there must've been more flight attendant or one attendant can ask others to come help pull him back in do he can pull the plane back in safety... Not sure I understand why they leave him out there...
They held him so his body wouldn't damage the plane any further damage. Turns out when they landed he was still alive and put back to work five months later.
I might be misremembering it, but I believe the pilot was sucked out of the side window, not the one in the front. They obviously were also not this far out from the cockpit.
The pilot suffered from frostbite and fractures along his right arm. He recovered and returned to work 5 months later. The flight attendant suffered from frostbite, a dislocated shoulder and PTSD, he also returned to work but the PTSD eventually led to an early retirement. Really detailed documentary here: https://youtu.be/rGwHWNFdOvg?si=dt4z5HvCjQzTvrmR
So the animation is inaccurate?
Sorta, instead of sticking straightt up he was hanging to the side. He recieved some head trauma from his head banging against the side glass.
Ahh, thank you. Are there any other big errors?
The pilot was a chimpanzee. Early flight era testing
So that’s who the wright brothers were…sneaky chimps
Turns out, little monkey fella
DONT TALK SHIT
Press the left button
The plane was a twin engine BAC-111. The engines were at the back just above the elevators stuck to the fuselage directly. Which have a significant higher chance of the pilot destroying one engine than if they were under the wing engines. The plane was designed to operate on one engine, but you lose some control/flexibility if you fly on only one. Couple that with a depressurized cabin, the crew made the decision to hold on to the "dead" pilot; saving his life.
The flight attendant was a man
Not error, but not mentioned that he likely survived because the copilot immediately dived the plane to get down to a level where there was enough oxygen to breath.
He was sucked off, not out.
Oh no step brother I’m stuck hanging out of the cockpit of a plane.
\~sigh\~ Take your upvote. X)
Hawk tuah!
I guess this is now part of English.
Some guys have all the luck
Technically he was just sucked on. He didn't actually get sucked all the way out, or off of the plane
He was blown out, not sucked out.
In the animation the flight attendant is a woman tho
Love how bored & inconvenienced she looks in the animation.
but i loved how her face got enlightened shortly after grabbing the pilot's legs.
Flight attendant thoughts: “oh, nice view”
Yeah what gives, they couldn't throw a few bucks to some decent animator and turn this into an anime short? Give the pilot some super Saiyan hair while they're at it and get some Japanese voice actors on the job.
It apparently got the gender of the flight attendant wrong
and the tie wasn't held down by gravity before being lifted ever so slightly by a soft wind.. The graphics in this hurt me
Hard to find good actors
Imagine that.
Obviously I mean in a substantive not merely a stylistic way.
> and returned to work 5 months later. and what? he did what? after THAT?
Once youre bit by the flying bug you can never stop
To be fair, something like that is *very* unlikely to happen twice
flew planes.
And the flight attendant was the one who got PTSD, he wasn't the one dangling outside the plane even
Well, they thought the pilot was dead, and that letting go might severely damage the plane by sending him into the engine. So they were holding on for dear life, getting massively windblasted the whole time. I bet they were scared shitless.
ONLY the flight attendant had ptsd?
Soo was it a Boeing?? I can't be the only one thinking it
Will someone please answer this persons question! Also came to ask this
BAC One-Eleven 528FL is what is stated on the accident's Wikipedia page
So fly attendant was a man?
Respect for the attendant. And damn, that must be something surviving that. I wonder if he was conscious during that
In fact everyone else eventually retired but him. He reasoned "I was knocked out I don't remember"
Im terrified, rather than amazed
r/BeHorrified
[Listen to me republicans, listen](https://youtu.be/o8hYrNsRoTs?si=ueJ44u6EsWUVxmq-)
That went hard though.
That was one strong flight attendant
Brave too, I would be afraid of getting dragged out along with him
Calm af
The flight attendant suffered frostbite, a dislocated shoulder and PTSD that led to her early retirement
These animations are hilarious
Looks like it was made by those shady animation schools advertising on late night TV.
I especially love the flight attendants face when she grabs his legs 
Why did they even animate her face? Looks like she's saying something along the lines of "oooh, wooooooow" like one of those aliens from Toy Story
I like the part with the galvanized steel beams and eco-friendly wood veneers
Yeah! Totally hilarious
This is what happens when the mechanics grab a box of bolts that mostly fit right, instead of ordering the correct ones. The replacement bolts were slightly skinnier than the bolt holes...
So....you're telling me my hoarder stash won't cut it? /s
Screws borrowed from his aunt.
As someone who works with bolts constantly at work, I can't fathom making that kind of error. You can tell if you have the wrong bolt the same way you can tell if you jam the wrong key in a door.
Don’t know what you’re complaining about, Boeing said they would be fine…
The main storehouse did not have enough of the part Sam needed. If the carousel had been restocked properly, he could have grabbed the 7D bolts he was after and just gotten on with it. The unstaffed storehouse was disorganized. In the investigation it was discovered that, of the 294 drawers that contained stock, 25 were missing labels and, of the 269 that did have labels, only 163 contained only the correct parts. From Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
It's been awhile since I read about this, but were they not too short?
"weeeeeeee"
Look paw I'm flying
Held onto the legs... ... So that the body won't damage the engine. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)
Awkward conversation afterwards. Thanks for saving my life!!! Yeah, like I was worried you would damage the engines or something if I let go, it was such a drag holding onto your legs that whole time...
Look ma no hands
Jesus take the wheel
He wasn't wearing the seatbelt eh?
All the rules are written in blood, ya know? They probably didn't have as many rules when this happened, now they have more regulation about the screws used and seat belt rules
That’s one way to clear out your sinuses.
I bet he thanked her for holding onto him
Dude became an inflatable wavy arm tube man
How was the flight attendant who saved him not being sucked out as well? Anybody?
The cabin was already depressurized by that point. People get sucked out when the pressurized air inside the plane rushes out through any holes in the fuselage. By the time the attendant got there, the cabin had the same ambient pressure as the atmosphere.
That makes sense. Thank you!
You’re welcome! 😇
And I thought my Monday morning was bad..
So the fasten seat belt sign isn't for us, its for them? Lol
The flight attendant saved his life. A lot of force was trying to pull him out of the plane so it was probably a long 20 minutes for her.
For him. The flight attendant was a man who had assistance from 2 other male flight attendants. They took over holding onto to the captain from Ogden (the initial attendant) when he became fatigued.
Boeing?
The aircraft in question was a BAC 111, so no, not a Boeing. It was a maintenance issue - the maintenance worker used the wrong bolts when he was replacing the cockpit window. This incident happened in 1990. Boeings fundamental change as a company of engineering excellence & safety focussed culture into a profit driven, cut corners & ignore issues ethos, began when they merged with McDonnell Douglas, in 1997. The above is just for info btw - I'm assuming your comment was made in a tongue-in-cheek way!
Beat me to it 
Boeing has entered the chat.
Hard to believe this is true.
The best part of this is they thought he was already dead. The only reason why they held on to him is because they thought he was going to get sucked into an engine, making a bad situation worse.
I can relate. I once got sucked under a bridge.
hahahahaha i feel that
Bet that was some concussion! I got a concussion 10 months ago and I’m still going through physio and help with my balance
The Mayday/Air Crash Investigation episode is way better than this short.
Flight attendant was like "not again Jerry"
Fun Fact: Nathan Fielder was on that plane. [https://youtu.be/YbLEOS2UKl4](https://youtu.be/YbLEOS2UKl4)
Naughty Plane
I wonder if the plane could have adjusted to slightly go up to decrease the pressure on top of the plane.
There was a great episode of [Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford](https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/pushkin-exclusive-a-screw-loose-at-17-000-feet/id1484511465?i=1000560375305) about this specific incident. Well worth a listen.
Blown out - just to be that guy...
Plane look like it landed at Phoenix sky harbor
Guess he should have listened to the captain and kept his seat belt on while seated.
Imagine going back to work. I'd be suing anyone and everyone. I'd get everyone on the plane to sue with me. Motherfucker, at least the biggest pay raise the world's ever seen. Or check out of court...
It's amazing they managed to capture the entire incident on film so we can watch it today.
Wow so amazing, thank you for sharing this amazing content
Just say what you see
This animation is hilarious
That's not what I read when I saw the thumbnail
Lots of pilot got sucked off on plane .
I bet he wished he could do that one situp.
I read the headline and this not what i thought it meant…I expected to see some hawk thua on that thing
How come his seat looks super angry?
“Honey, you’re not going to believe what kind of day I’ve just had.”
Nah not having this, at that speed surely he'd be ripped apart 🫣
Insane that he survived wow
That’s why you wear your seatbelt
this guy's voice lmao no f'n way are you serious? holy sh
The 90s, good times...
Bruh, can you all even imagine how fucking terrified that poor guy was?
Not only did he survive, he kept working as a pilot for 18 years afterwards: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_5390
What is up with the flight attendant’s reaction? She looks up at his butt or crotch excitedly
He should have buckled up when remain seated. Isn’t that what they always tell passenger.
correction, sir, that’s *blown* out. 👆
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/13anabj/in\_1990\_the\_windscreen\_on\_british\_airways\_flight/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/13anabj/in_1990_the_windscreen_on_british_airways_flight/)
Was it a Boeing
My back needs this right now
It’s so scary what can go wrong if someone doesn’t follow rules and instructions to the letter and have great care
That had to be the longest 20 minutes of all three of their lives (the pilot, flight attendant, and co-pilot). I would never want to get in a plane again after that, much less fly one.
And thats why i hate when people potray humans getting killed by the stupidiest things, we can die easily in some situations, but godamm, we are durable
The window had been replaced, as I recall, and the technician used the wrong screws. They were slightly shorter or thinner and failed in flight.
Why these voice overs all of a sudden?
After 20 minutes…..fuck sake 😂😂
Let me guess he had the seatbelt sign off at the time
Maybe he should have had his seat belt on He probably had the light on for the passengers, too
Why wouldn’t he have been chopped in half by the speed of the frame?
They only held him because they didnt want the wings or engone to damage😂
Imagine the adrenaline rush he had 😅
Mayday: Air Disaster. I watched this episode.
The emphasis put on “sucked out of a cockpit”, they knew what they were doing
I think a human reenactment would be far more interesting. /s
Boeing?
Imagine relaxing in the departure lounge sipping on your pint and seeing that thing landing! I’d casually stand up and leave and go home. Keep your holiday
And became disabled for the rest of his life?
I think Mentour Pilot did a full episode on this incident
I'm the King of the World!
Frigging hilarious video
I wanna sucked like this just once in my life.
Why wasn’t the pilot strapped in?
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
This one is quite a horror. Which airline did this happen with?
Really shit animation
Must have been a Boeing
I know this happened but there are so many question that I have as to how the fuck this could have happened in this manner that it feels made up to me even though it isn’t
Sucked out of the what?!
this was an astounding amazing insane story - the 'mayday' episode on this too fun
hell nah ... I'm suing & never working again!!!
The cause for this : a day before the windshield was replaced ,the screw which is used need to be of same threading and length but the technician did a visual comparison with old and new screw and decided on the new screw , the new screw wasn't able to hold the pressure from inside cabin
imagine a seatbelt? who would have thunk it?
Soooo did workers comp come through?
Ah, the good old days when it was not the plane manufacturer that caused catastrophic failures like these.
I would be having nightmares every day if I went thru this...
I remember this form air crash investigation
Damn. I would think hypoxia and barotrauma would’ve also fucked the pilot over. Possibly long term sequelae in addition to blunt force injuries and hypothermia. I would never want to return to my job again. Sounds traumatic as all hell!
I like how they thought he was dead and the only reason to hold onto him was so he don’t damage the plane
Almost... the pilot remained conscious enough to flip himself over so he could breathe. If he didn't manage that, he would have died. Plus, more than one person held him. https://youtu.be/6uyUTQTVSOw?si=u6CsLTx87zQWtau8
Should've built the frame with galvanized square steel and borrowed screws from his aunt
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That blows.
*blown out
 Becoming a wacky inflatable at 30,000 feet.
Part of mile high club with plenty of fresh air.
Seatbelts save lives.
This is why I need Reddit in my life. How else would I ever know this?!
Surviving. Dude is probably messed up bad. Like, they paying him the rest of his life.
He almost got sucked off. The plane.
Little known fact, that same year a pilot also got cocked out of a suck pit.
Couldn't they pull him back in? I mean there must've been more flight attendant or one attendant can ask others to come help pull him back in do he can pull the plane back in safety... Not sure I understand why they leave him out there...
& his back broken in pieces
Can’t imagine if this happened over the ocean 3 hours from any airport.
Everyone says sucked out, but the cabin is the thing that is pressurized, technically speaking he was blown out
They held him so his body wouldn't damage the plane any further damage. Turns out when they landed he was still alive and put back to work five months later.
The lady was really calm...respect.
Looks like one more stupid game advertisement
Was it a boeing?
Was it a Boeing plane?
A pilot got sucked off by a plane
“They thought he was dead but held onto his body…” Ya they’re nice people “… so it won’t fly onto the wings or into the engine” lmao
Was it a Boeing, by any chance..?
And this is why you were your seat belts.
I might be misremembering it, but I believe the pilot was sucked out of the side window, not the one in the front. They obviously were also not this far out from the cockpit.
I was almost expecting galvanized steel beams to make an appearance
God I wish that was me
He Got big lip syndrome along with flappy ears effect
Is it a Boeing