Whoa! A little too much excitement on the plane ride to Seattle

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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3347262&GMA=true

Man Sucked Out of Plane at 20,000 Feet

Chris Fogg Put Up the 'Fight of His Life' to Stay Alive

Getting sucked out of an airplane at 20,000 feet may seem like a disaster scenario that could only happen in Hollywood.

For Chris Fogg, though, it was all too real. On June 27, the flight nurse was transporting a patient to a Seattle hospital aboard a twin-engine piper turboprop. As the plane was cruising at 20,000 feet, the window adjacent to Fogg's right shoulder exploded, causing a drastic change in pressure that sucked him out of the window, headfirst.

"I was just sitting in my seat, chitchatting with the pilot and then there was this huge explosion, like this real loud popping sound," Fogg said on "Good Morning America." "I was immediately sucked to the right, right out the window."

With his legs and left arm inside the plane, Fogg fought to break free from the intense suction and 200-mph winds.

"It was just like the movies," he said. "There was chaos. There was stuff flying everywhere. Anything that was near the window was going right out."

Fogg believes his 6-foot, 200-pound frame kept him from flying away.

"It was like the fight of my life," he said. "I have a pretty vivid memory of seeing the tail of the plane and what was left of my headset whacking the side of the plane."

The pilot put the plane into a dive, sending it to 10,000 feet to equalize the pressure. Miraculously, Fogg pulled himself through the exploded window and back into the plane. The pilot made an emergency landing in Boise, Idaho, a few minutes later.

Unharmed, Fogg got back on a plane the next day.

"It wasn't my day to die," he said. "I truly felt like I was blessed."

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he said. "I truly felt like I was blessed."

no shit! lucky guy!

[TruckDriver]

Just a reminder as to why I don't like to fly

[1BAD68]

thats the reason I never take off my seatbelt when flying, I just settle in for a long ride. Ever since that flight in Hawaii where the top of the plane let loose and people were sucked out over the Pacific.

[dodgecharger-fan]

So, the Mythbusters were wrong? 

[Charger_Fan]

Hmmm...that reminds me of being a kid, lying on the grass & shooting my BB gun at passing planes...I think some kid shot out that window!




Lucky guy.

[70charger_boy]

So, the Mythbusters were wrong? 

Actually, they weren't wrong.  The test was done on a boeing 727 and this accident occured on a non pressurized king air. 

[John_Kunkel]

Actually, they weren't wrong.  The test was done on a boeing 727 and this accident occured on a non pressurized king air. 

Non-pressurized at 20K feet? Passengers wearing oxygen masks?

[skyhawk61]

All the Beech King Airs I've ever flown, or flown in, were pressurized. If the pressurization system wasn't working for some reason, we kept the airplane below 10 thousand feet if passengers were aboard.

[skyhawk61]

Just noticed the original story stated that a "Piper twin engine turboprop" was involved, not a King Air.  This would be a Piper Cheyenne, which is similiar to a Beech King Air.  It, too, is a pressurized aircraft, but the windows are bigger than those of a King Air.

[70charger_boy]

The cheyenne and the king air have ram air pressurization which is totally different than the pressurization generated from the rh engine on commercial jets. 

[John_Kunkel]

Ram air pressurization? Not likely.   

[skyhawk61]

The King Air I flewback in the day had a pressurization system that drew its air from a mechanical compressor attached to the accessory case of the left engine.  This air was cooled by an exchanger before it entered the cabin.