Air Crash Investigation - Blow Out / Ripped from the Cockpit (S02E01)

British Airways Flight 5390 was a British Airways flight between Birmingham Airport in England and Málaga, Spain. On 10 June 1990 an improperly installed pane of the windscreen failed, blowing the plane's captain, Tim Lancaster, halfway out of the aircraft, with his body firmly pressed against the window frame. The first officer managed to perform an emergency landing in Southampton with no loss of life.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Mayday
• Air Crash Investigation
• Air Emergency
• ACI
• Blow Out
• Ripped from the cockpit
• British Airways
• BA
• Flight 5390
• Tim Lancaster
• BAC One-Eleven
• G-BJRT
• Didcot
• Decompression

[supramanz]

British people so polite even in the face of death. Awesome.

[xXSuperSandvichXx]

he should of got a reward.....Tim, the stewerd, and the pilot

[ben199four]

That is truly one miracle for him to survive that

[KateHasABlog]

Simply incredible. What grace under pressure. That co-pilot is a hero.

[justanotherengine]

Now That's a "CREW" ! Team work, PURE BALLS, and Adrenalin saved that flight ! the RIGHT people, at the right place !

[sweetheart2109]

@TheMightyHartley and that was well deserved

[sweetheart2109]

I don't know much about planes and flying but damn that pilot is awesome

[OAleathaO]

They are so lucky that the windscreen didn't get sucked into one of the engines or cause any damage to the leading edge of the wings.

[TheZeenoGamers]

wow



[TheMightyHartley]

@xXSuperSandvichXx The pilot did get an award - the Polaris award, the highest international accolade a pilot can receive, awarded for outstanding airmanship!

[TheMightyHartley]

Excellent flying, and so dramatic!

I have to laugh at the locations this show uses, though; the British Airways maintenance 'hangar' in this looks nothing more than a big metal shed, LOL!

[theblacksheep1000]

WOW what a giveaway, 02:15 just changed the windscreen.