{
  "id": 18487604,
  "title": "Pilot sucked halfway out of plane at 17,300 feet survived as crew held his legs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/pilot-sucked-halfway-out-of-plane-at-17-300-feet-survived-as-crew",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-06T10:36:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-1990-a-cockpit-window-blew-out-at-17300-feet-and-sucked-british-airways-captain-tim-lancaster-halfway-out-of-his-plane-crew-members-held-his-legs-for-about-20-minutes-until-the-jet-landed-and-he-survived/articleshow/135596532.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A British Airways captain was pulled halfway out of his cockpit after a window shattered at 24,000 feet in 1990. Two crew members held him while the co-pilot took control and made an emergency landing at Southampton.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}