On June 10, 1990, British Airways Captain Tim Lancaster, flying a BAC 1-11, was literally sucked out of the cabin due to the loss of the windshield, which had violently detached itself. The captain was pressed with his back against the outside of the fuselage, and his legs were trapped between the steering wheel and the instrument panel. Flight attendant Nigel Ogden ran to the window and grabbed Lancaster tightly around the waist. Lancaster’s rescue was considered nothing short of a miracle. He managed to survive after a 22-minute flight in the plane’s fuselage at speeds of 600 km/h and temperatures as low as -17°C. As he himself commented, before losing consciousness, he found he could breathe perfectly. Fortunately, he did not suffer serious injuries, enduring the low outside temperatures, although they were around -40°C.
