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Old 29th Oct 2010, 16:36
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glhcarl
 
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2 Whites 2 Reds, if you don't think a 1' X 2' opening isn't large enough for a passenger to fit through, how do you explain this from airsafe.com:

3 November 1973; National Airlines DC10; over New Mexico, USA: The aircraft had an uncontained failure of one of the wing mounted engines. A piece of the engine struck the fuselage and broke a passenger window. One of the 116 passengers was sucked out of the aircraft during a rapid decompression. The remains of the passenger were not found.

By the way the DC-10 window is 10" X 16".

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