The pilot who was sucked out of a plane mid-flight featuring Abbie Chatfield Just the Gist

Possibly our wildest story yet!

On June 10th 1990, British Airways flight 5390 took off from Birmingham en route to Malaga, Spain. 13 minutes into the flight, 6 kilometres up in the sky, the windscreen of the plane's cockpit blew off & Captain Tim Lancaster was sucked out the hole where the window should be.

By pure chance, Captain Tim’s legs anchored him to the plane…but they were also forcing the plane into an accelerating nosedive. What happened next? You’ll have to listen to find out…

Skip straight to the story: approx 20:00

Jacob shares the story with Abbie Chatfield

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We love Abbie's podcast It's A Lot

Listen to the episode with Producer Lem: https://link.chtbl.com/JQNjbMyJ

And the episode with porn star and producer Angela White: https://link.chtbl.com/Kto65Ao7

And the Nightmare Fuel with Christian Hull...if you're up to it: https://link.chtbl.com/vYwnyzVb  

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

Watch this documentary with a dramatised reenactment of all the events https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SI2V_DbCTw 

Watch this video of a pilot explaining the details that non-pilots wouldn’t necessarily understand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGwHWNFdOvg 

Read Nigel’s article “The is Your Captain Screaming” (yes, Jacob got the name wrong in the ep) https://www.smh.com.au/world/this-is-your-captain-screaming-20050205-gdkmtm.html 

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