People Sucked Out of Airplane

Black Box Down

Society & Culture, Aviation, True Crime, Leisure, Documentary

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Two separate flights involved two people being sucked out of an airplane. National Airlines 27 and British Airways 5390 both suffer a rapid decompression leading to an occupant being forced out of the plane. Find out what happened in this episode of Black Box Down. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BlackBoxDownPod. https://twitter.com/blackboxdownpod https://www.instagram.com/blackboxdownpod/. Sponsored By Dollar Shave Club. Go to http://dollarshaveclub.com/BLACKBOXDOWN to try the Ultimate Shave Started Set today for just $5 plus free shipping! Also sponsored by DoorDash. Get $5 off and zero delivery fees on your first order when you download the DoorDash app in the App Store and enter code BLACKBOXDOWN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	3.
0:02.0	3.
0:04.0	7.
0:05.0	National Airlines Flight 27, a 2-year-old DC-10, is cruising at 39,000 feet over New Mexico.
0:11.7	The flight crew decides to pull all three engine-tacometer circuit breakers in order to perform an experiment.
0:17.3	While performing their experiment, the crew feels and hears an explosion as the number
0:20.8	three engine fan assembly disintegrates.
0:23.5	Some of the engine fragments strike the cabin of the plane, blowing out a window and causing
0:27.5	a passenger to be sucked out of the plane.
0:29.9	June 10th, 1990.
0:31.7	British Airways Flight 5390, a BAC-111, has just taken off from Birmingham, England,
0:37.5	and is climbing to its cruising altitude on its way to Malaga Airport in Spain.
0:41.6	As the plane climbs through 17,300 feet, the crew hears a loud bang as the plane's
0:46.8	left windscreen comes loose, causing an explosive decompression and sucking the captain most
0:51.8	of the way out of the plane.
0:53.4	The crew grabs onto the captain's ankles in a desperate attempt to keep him from falling
0:56.9	to the ground.
0:58.0	What happens when a plane decompresses?
1:00.0	Does the crew of British Airways 5390 hold onto the captain?
1:03.5	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
1:06.5	Oh, God, sucked out of a plane!
1:12.3	It's a little different episode this week.
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