In 1990 the captain of flight 5390 Timothy Lancaster got sucked out of his own plane when the window of the plane fell off. The crew held the captains legs for 30 minutes while the plane performed emergency landing. Everyone survived. Here is a picture of the captain in a hospital few days later.
Flight 5390 is one of the most storied and remarkable near-misses in British Airway's history.
Most remarkable perhaps is how all those onboard the flight in June 1990, lived to tell the tale:
It was 27 minutes into the flight from Birmingham to Malaga, Spain, somewhere over the English Midlands two of the cockpit windows smashed, depressurising the cabin.
Captain Tim Lancaster who was at the controls was instantly sucked out of the cockpit.
Source: nzherald.co.nz
