Originally Posted by
chevvron
Aer Turas used to operate racehorse flights to Fairoaks (for Kempton, Sandown, Epsom or Ascot) and could have ended up at Heathrow on a wx div.
One day at Farnborough shortly after EFW moved out to Boscombe, Shorts company hack came in for some reason shortly before we closed for the day; quick turnaround then off again.
Next morning on airfield inspection, I found a piece of perspex with rounded off corners on the runway. It looked roughly the size/shape of a Skyvan window so we phoned Shorts and they checked; yes there was a hole in the fuselage where there should have been a window. Must've made a helluva noise but nobody noticed.
Must have been the only decompression incident on the Skyvan.