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Sophie Goodall & Abbie Meehan

Pilot sucked out of cockpit window as cabin crew hang onto him by the ankles

A British Airways pilot was sucked out of the cockpit window while travelling at 17,300 feet in the air, as his cabin crew were forced to hang onto him for dear life.

The Mirror reports that the incident, which occurred on June 20, 1990, happened as wrong bolts were used to fit the windscreens of the cockpit display.

The aircraft was only 13 minutes into its flight from Birmingham to Malaga, when two of the glass panes in the windscreen shattered open.

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