On 5 Feb 2004 06:39:32 -0800 (Guy Lux) wrote:

Often in films, when a plane flying at high altitude has its window
shot out, it seems to experience major turbulence and/or seem to dive
before it is stabilised.

I can't understand why a load of air rushing out of the pressurised
cabin would do this in *real* situations, does it actually happen?

Any explanations?


It's Hollywood! I heard that mythbusters tried to recreate a similar scenario.
But from all accounts they fell way short in setting up the experiment to mimic
real conditions at FL350.

R. Hubbell

Guy