Broken window in jet plane

Hi. I need help with some data. Today, the plane carrying our
country's president had to get back to the aiport because a crack appeared
in a window. This made front page of evening newspapers and stirred up
a heated discussion in local newsgroups.

That said, one of the regulars says a pilot died in a similar
incident in 1998 when a windshield on a 747 fell off and the pilot was
sucked and froze to death. Is it true? I googled a lot and could only find
links to 'Lost' series websites...

Any mythbusters on site?


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