The Pilot Who Was Sucked Out of His Own Plane at 17,000 Feet | E 166

The Pilot Who Was Sucked Out of His Own Plane at 17,000 Feet | E 166

Get ready for the most unbelievable survival story you've ever heard. Hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen deliver a jaw-dropping tale that sounds like Hollywood fiction but is 100% real—and it happened at 400 mph, 17,000 feet above ground.

Picture this: June 10th, 1990. British Airways Flight 5390. Thirteen minutes after takeoff, the cockpit windscreen explosively blows out, and Captain Tim Lancaster gets literally sucked halfway out of the aircraft. For 22 agonizing minutes, he's pinned against the fuselage—outside a commercial airliner—while his crew desperately holds onto his legs and fights to land the plane.

This isn't just a survival story—it's a masterclass in:

  • Split-second decision making under impossible pressure
  • How tiny maintenance errors can cascade into life-or-death emergencies
  • The extraordinary power of human resilience and teamwork
  • What happens to the human body at extreme altitude (spoiler: it's not pretty)
  • Why aviation safety procedures exist—and what happens when they fail

Kaycee and Julie break down this incredible true story minute-by-minute, from the catastrophic windscreen failure to the heroic actions of First Officer Alistair Atkinson and flight attendant Nigel Ogden. You'll learn about the physics of explosive decompression, the investigation that revealed shocking maintenance failures, and how Captain Lancaster somehow survived conditions that should have killed him in minutes.

Key Timestamps:

  • 00:00- Case Knives
  • 00:33 - Welcome & Story Introduction
  • 03:32 - Setting the Scene: June 10th, 1990
  • 08:13 - The Explosion: Windscreen Blows Out
  • 15:56 - First Officer Takes Control
  • 20:47 - Emergency Landing at Southampton
  • 23:44 - Captain Lancaster's Miraculous Recovery
  • 26:56 - Investigation: The Maintenance Failures
  • 31:27 - The Science: What Happens to Your Body at Altitude
  • 40:23 - Lessons Learned & Aviation Changes

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