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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xfaDr0nhoQ?si=Rmd9FAdRHSQWV02W

In 1990, British Airways Flight 5390 was cruising at over 17,000 feet when the cockpit windshield suddenly blew off. The rush of air was instant and violent and it nearly took Captain Tim Lancaster with it.

Sucked halfway out of the plane, only his legs remained hooked on the controls. The rest of him flailed outside in the freezing wind.
Flight attendant Nigel Ogden had just entered the cockpit and without thinking, he lunged and grabbed the captain’s belt.

For nearly 20 minutes, as the aircraft screamed toward emergency descent, Ogden held on with everything he had. The wind was deafening. Temperatures dropped below freezing. And Lancaster’s body was slamming against the fuselage, every second threatening to take them both.

The co-pilot, Alastair Atchison, managed to reroute the plane toward Southampton Airport. Ogden’s arms locked, his body aching, he refused to let go believing that if Lancaster slipped, he’d strike the engine or wing and doom the aircraft.

Against every odds, the plane landed safely. Lancaster was alive, frostbitten, bruised, and broken, but alive. Ogden suffered frostbite and a dislocated shoulder. But because of his courage, 81 passengers went home that day. It's a story of instinct, grit, and the sheer power of refusing to let go—no matter what.

thorpido:
Hmmm,that man should have been given a national honor. He saved the pilot, his own life, co-pilot and the rest of the passengers.

Racoon:
"Captain Tim Lancaster Was Almost Ripped Off The Sky, But Flight attendant Nigel Ogden Refused To Let Go."
https://www.facebook.com/share/1UJcnKEEZx/

CHAQUR:
The camera man did a great job, he was actually on standby...

Racoon:
This near-crash incident was attributed to an engineer uses the wrong screw size to hold the windscreen in place.

While the flight attendant was the hero of the day, the copilot really did a great job on the controls to get the jumbo to the ground. Amazing he survived to fly again. Weldone to him and the crew.

This was an unbelievable incident, something no one could believe even after seeing it with their own eyes. But when God decides to protect someone, no one can harm them.

Reference:
Those are most likely illustrations that the press give to stimulate those lacking imagination.

Racoon:
I tell you sir. The man is an incredible hero. Believe the British Airways and government must have honoured them all.

davillian:
No be them all o. The man who saved the pilot, saved the plane and everyone onboard..I am still trying to understand how he landed the plane while holding the pilots leg

davillian:
no be them all o,
the man who saved the pilot, saved the plane and everyone onboard...
im still trying to understand how he landed the plane while holding the pilots leg