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Old 18th Apr 2018, 10:19
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Rob Bamber
 
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Mythbusters did a pretty good episode about this several years ago. In short: no (in my view).
I've just rewatched it (season 1, episode 10). In their tests they couldn't get a crash test dummy to be sucked out of the plane, in any scenario.

However, they did blow out the window in a manner very similar to this one, and in the footage you can see how traumatic it would be for the passenger sitting next to it. Sucked out: no chance.
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