Serbian man reportedly saved by wife hanging on to his legs after window shattered on journey from Greece

  • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    “In order to minimise any delay, a replacement aircraft was arranged to bring passengers to Memmingen, which departed Thessaloniki at 9.53am local time this morning.”

    Lol I would hope so. But how big are the windows on that plane? The ones I’ve seen I’d never get my head through, forget my body

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        5 days ago

        Window is ~12" x 9". Pressure differential between cabin at 8000 feet and exterior of 30000 feet is ~6.5psi. The total force is ~700 lbs.

        So yeah, you wouldn’t be feeling very good. Imagine 5 people standing on just your chest.