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DollarBillHines

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8. And then there are days like this...

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 06:34 PM

Sep 2012

BOISE, Idaho -- A flight nurse was sucked out of an airplane at 20,000 feet when the window he was sitting next to suddenly blew out. He was left dangling in the sky, forced to battle 200-miles per hour wind and fight his way back into the plane.

For flight nurse Chris Fogg, June 27th is a day he'll never forget. It began as a part of his routine, transporting a patient to a Seattle hospital aboard a twin-engine piper turbo prop.

But while the plane was cruising at 20,000 feet, disaster struck.

"It was just a big loud bang, a big pop right next to me," Fogg said.

more... http://www.komonews.com/news/8346067.html

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Dear Mitt: I thought you would know this, but here's why airplane windows don't open. [View all] trof Sep 2012 OP

Mitt just said this as a distraction...... 33Greeper Sep 2012 #1

I'm post-menopause. Betsy Ross Sep 2012 #40

Mitt is still stuck on twofold. liberal N proud Sep 2012 #2

Yeah, he thinks it's some kind of wallet. NT cognoscere Sep 2012 #35

Wasn't there a James Bond movie years ago.... greatauntoftriplets Sep 2012 #3

It actually happened on an interisland flight in Hawai'i KamaAina Sep 2012 #7

I saw that plane on the tarmac the day after it happened. bluesbassman Sep 2012 #17

Now that you mention that... greatauntoftriplets Sep 2012 #19

It's happened a few times; I don't know if anyone's been sucked out besides that flight attendant. Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #22

Yes. Hissyspit Sep 2012 #36

The next-gen guppies (737s) will be made with a thicker skin panzerfaust Sep 2012 #65

The Boeing in the photo looks like a 737-200. pangaia Sep 2012 #74

Goldfinger got sucked out of the plane at the end of "Goldfinger." tclambert Sep 2012 #33

I believe it depends on the situation: Hissyspit Sep 2012 #37

Thank you. I was certain I remembered something like that in a JB movie. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2012 #42

Airport - the captain gets sucked down the isle towards the hole Merlot Sep 2012 #47

Here is a real life incident where the pilot was sucked out the windscreen... Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2012 #53

Wow progressoid Sep 2012 #61

Yep Metro135 Sep 2012 #68

I also remember one of the LATER "Airport" movies... October Sep 2012 #71

Yes, GOLDFINGER. pangaia Sep 2012 #73

I'm surprised he didn't ask for a roof rack on top of the plane for the dog too. TheOther95Percent Sep 2012 #4

Yeah, but why do those namby pamby pilots get ones that open? Brother Buzz Sep 2012 #5

So they can signal their turns pinboy3niner Sep 2012 #6

omg MerryBlooms Sep 2012 #10

You're lucky I'm using someone else's computer MindPilot Sep 2012 #14

This is why we need to be able to rec replies...nt Kalidurga Sep 2012 #20

OK, that's the laugh of the day NBachers Sep 2012 #41

LMAO lalalu Sep 2012 #64

So they can flip the finger at other pilots that cut them off in a holding pattern. -..__... Sep 2012 #55

And then there are days like this... DollarBillHines Sep 2012 #8

Wow! He was Cha Sep 2012 #39

Because windows that open are heavier, more expensive... krispos42 Sep 2012 #9

Windows on jets are not airtight... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #25

The air at high altitude is also cyglet Sep 2012 #11

Yes, you'd have to turn the heat WAY up. trof Sep 2012 #16

You've never had a hot flash when you were on a plane, have you? dflprincess Sep 2012 #48

I am cyglet Sep 2012 #49

It was around 10 above dflprincess Sep 2012 #78

PLS ROLL DOWN YOUR AIRPLANE WINDOW MITTENS!! beachgirl2365 Sep 2012 #12

3. Fire and Oxygen bluemarkers Sep 2012 #13

Plus Liberalagogo Sep 2012 #15

as I posted on another one PatrynXX Sep 2012 #23

Plus that pressure is what makes the air go into your lungs MindPilot Sep 2012 #18

I finally realized cyglet Sep 2012 #21

Yes, I guess we are. trof Sep 2012 #24

here obxhead Sep 2012 #32

Here ya go! greatauntoftriplets Sep 2012 #43

Yep, silverspoon sociopathic idiots both tavalon Sep 2012 #38

As has been mentioned elsewhere.. pangaia Sep 2012 #75

Romney triumphed over a dozen men and one woman. Oh, wait, it's the Republican party. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #26

Oh, that's just sciency evolution talk. If you pray hard enough, it won't happen. valerief Sep 2012 #27

No, no, no. This is NOT the reason why airplane windows don't roll down. The real reason is that mysuzuki2 Sep 2012 #28

You forget cyglet Sep 2012 #50

I got used to that one after many years of driving with kids in the back seat! mysuzuki2 Sep 2012 #59

Maybe Herr Mittens thinks he is the Red Baron flying against Snoopy graham4anything Sep 2012 #29

But, but, how did Ann's clydefrand Sep 2012 #30

the glaring reason for the importance of keeping science in the classroom SemperEadem Sep 2012 #31

Yes a thousand times yes! n/t kathman-duzi Sep 2012 #45

Hypoxia? Does that have anything to do with evolution? tclambert Sep 2012 #34

No, that's "Hyapatia". A HERETIC I AM Sep 2012 #58

You missed one, fine sir... jmowreader Sep 2012 #44

If the windows rolled down, people would constantly be dropping things hedgehog Sep 2012 #46

Yeah, like themselves. valerief Sep 2012 #52

Too bad deafskeptic Sep 2012 #77

Mitt asks, "Why don't planes have windows that open?" valerief Sep 2012 #51

Just think of what Mittens hair would look like Politicalboi Sep 2012 #54

Taxes on the rich are TOO MUCH and that's the real reason that airplanes don't have windows. Lex Sep 2012 #56

Not to mention that it is about MINUS 60 degrees outside the plane BlueStreak Sep 2012 #57

On pressurization, Payne Stewart said it best: "What theahhhhhhh- - - - - - *" HughBeaumont Sep 2012 #60

i LOVE ALL THE 'AIRPORT' 70S SERIES OF FILMS! Miami4Obama Sep 2012 #62

Why did you tell him this!! WHY!! I love yr explanation - but wouldn't it truedelphi Sep 2012 #63

We're being a bit cynical here SpankMe Sep 2012 #66

It's Okay we are Democrats. Bocks Car Sep 2012 #70

Cynical? Moi? Guilty. trof Sep 2012 #76

re:Dear Mitt: I thought you would know this, but here's why airplane windows don't open. allan01 Sep 2012 #67

One of my airplanes has no windows at all! Or doors...or a roof. Bocks Car Sep 2012 #69

Next up... CubicleGuy Sep 2012 #72

brilliant...thanks! Blue_Tires Sep 2012 #79