The Windscreen That Blew Out at 17,300 Feet
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Discover the incredible story of British Airways Flight 5390, where a windscreen blowout at 17,300 feet left the captain hanging outside the aircraft. Learn how the crew's quick thinking and a series of miraculous events saved his life, and uncover the maintenance error that caused the disaster. Chapters: 00:00 Held by His Legs 00:25 Flight 5390 00:45 Thirteen Minutes In 01:03 Explosive Decompression 01:20 The Grab 01:38 Whiteout of Noise 01:56 The Autopilot Quits 02:13 Back in the Cabin 02:32 Fly the Airplane First 02:48 A Mayday Nobody Can Hear 03:04 Let Him Go? 03:20 They Hold On 03:36 Twenty-Two Minutes 03:58 Alive 04:14 What Saved Him 04:32 The Question of the Bolts 04:47 Eighty-Four Wrong Bolts 05:03 A Fraction of a Millimetre 05:19 Designed to Push Out 05:37 One Man, One Night 05:59 Matched by Eye 06:16 Torque Feels Fine 06:33 Who Checks the Checker 06:49 Swiss Cheese 07:06 What Changed 07:30 The Crew's Legacy 07:52 The Margin
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