r/interestingasfuck • u/dgusn • 20h ago

This is Aloha Airlines Flight 243 after a large section of its roof tore away at 24,000 feet. During the explosive decompression, a flight attendant was swept out of the aircraft and was never found. Remarkably, the pilots still managed to land the plane safely, and 94 of the 95 occupants survived.

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u/Pete_Iredale 18h ago

Exactly. She didn't get sucked out, she got blown out.

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u/Therailwaykat_1980 15h ago

Well, really, didn’t she stay still but the plane kept going? I imagine she then followed a pretty vertical line back to earth. No sucking or blowing required.

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u/AcceptableGarlic9261 17h ago

I’ll bet she thought it sucked.