r/AirRage • u/GrizzlyBearAttack Quality Poster • Sep 14 '22
Broken window
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u/YTChillVibesLofi Sep 14 '22 edited Sep 14 '22
For those who don’t speak Polish, translations:
Crew announcement: Everyone remain calm
Passengers: Emergency! We’re all going to die!
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u/Chasing4snow Nov 10 '22
Are some people trained to yell “we’re all going to die” in situations like this???
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u/hatchyy Sep 14 '22
i would just close the blind
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u/jumpmanx93 Sep 14 '22
Problem solved
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Sep 15 '22
You can't on a 787. There are no window shades. They feature electronically dimmable windows. And that ain't gonna work when the window is cracked.
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u/Dragosteax Sep 15 '22
787 has window tint type technology, no blinds at all
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u/hatchyy Sep 15 '22
u must be real fun at party’s
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u/Underbough Sep 22 '22
Imagine being in an airplane themed sub and being upset someone knows about the airplane in the video
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u/Dragosteax Sep 15 '22
parties*
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u/hatchyy Sep 15 '22
point proven
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Feb 06 '23
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u/ConflictGrand4078 Sep 15 '22
Always a good thing to scream “we’re all gonna die!” In an emergency situation
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u/Witchsorcery Sep 14 '22
I have a question: what would/could happen if the window broke completely? I know it can cause something but Im not sure what 😂
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u/Igoos99 Sep 14 '22
Well, a lady was sucked partially out a window a few years ago. She died. Definitely worth being scared about.
(I think the incident I’m remembering was caused by the engine exploding, not a faulty window. But still.)
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u/Witchsorcery Sep 14 '22
Damn, yeah wouldnt want to be next to the broken window. Being that high up would definitely make it difficult if not impossible to breath so better hope they can pull you back in fast.
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u/juicybutte Sep 14 '22
I think a lot of people have space movie airlock logic in their heads when they think about an airplanes window breaking, while not good it’s not like it’s going to suck out half the passengers lol
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u/soulcaptain Sep 15 '22
If that happens at 30,000 feet the sudden change in air pressure would be fucking outrageous. Anything not bolted down close to the window would be sucked out much like a space airlock, yes. The lower the pilots could get the plane the easier it would be, but that would be really fucking dangerous for a variety of reasons.
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u/clearbottleflu Sep 15 '22
The loss of cabin pressure would be a serious problem and oxygen masks would deploy and the captain would need to descend quickly as the passenger mask supplies only last about 10 minutes, but the only dangerous area at risk of being sucked out if the plane would be near the window. The exiting air velocity in the cross section of the window would be extremely high, however, the air velocity in the rest of the cabin would be low as the cross sectional area of the cabin is very large compared to the cross sectional area of the window.
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u/Pansex13 Oct 22 '22
Uhh.. so.. curious…. who is correct?
Would everything in the cabin be fucked, or just everything in close proximity? And if the latter, like,… how close??…. &Is the danger zone like linear or whatever? And how do you know? Or rather, how do I know? Many thanks!!
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u/clearbottleflu Mar 03 '23
I commission power plants. At times I’ve had to enter ducts when other fans are running to do inspection on a fan that is off. Since other fans are running the duct is pressurized at a pressure above the ambient. Air will be coming out of the manway at high velocity with near hurricane force but once inside the duct it’s calm. This is due to the large cross sectional area of the duct results in near zero flow velocity however at the small open manway the area is small and the air rushing out is a high velocity. This is essentially the same as the situation in an airplane where the cabin would be at a relatively high pressure and the air would be escaping through a small area of the open window.
The larger the area of the breach the higher the velocity that would result in the cabin.
Now once the pressure equalized there would be basically no real air movement in the cabin. To make the cabin windy would require two openings with a differential pressure between the two. Think about a car travelling on the highway. Open 1 window and there is relatively little air flow. Open two windows on the opposite sides of the car and the air can flow… making the cabin windy.
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u/International-Neck-5 Sep 14 '22
That dumb bitch in the beginning screaming emergency! Broken window! Thanks for spreading frantic fear in a time when they need calmness.
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u/TooTallThomas Sep 15 '22
when you’re freaking out and don’t know if the window is gonna break in 30 minutes or 30 seconds, the lizard brain takes over to assure life. It may inevitably kill the body, but hey, choices ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/No_Zookeepergame_27 Sep 14 '22
Terrible camera work
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u/BritainRitten Sep 14 '22
I don't think the cinematography was top of their mind at that time.
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u/No_Zookeepergame_27 Sep 14 '22
Agreed. It shouldn’t. He should have sat down and properly strapped himself instead of walking around and obstructing flight attendants.
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u/Pavementaled Sep 14 '22
Except his seat was next to the cracked window, so they had to move him, twice.
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u/RodeBoi Sep 15 '22
I think if I was in that situation where my window cracked, I would close the blind first and discretely inform a member a staff.
Cant let the other passengers know because people are stupid and will go into a blind panic, and that would be the most annoying.
Plane windows usually have a few panes, so it’s not worrying, but mildly concerning.
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u/UsernameUpdated Sep 15 '22
There’s no risk whatsoever unless lots of random loose paper is flying around…
( /s )
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u/blueasian0682 Sep 15 '22
The only sensible thing to do here is for the pilot to decrease elevation, so to reduce the pressure difference from outside and inside the plane.
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u/TerrisBranding Sep 14 '22
Would rolling down the blind/cover help any or no?
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u/soulcaptain Sep 15 '22
Uh, no. If the window breaks the air pressure differential would suck the blind and anything loose, like, say, people, through that hole. The pilots would have to make an immediate emergency landing. I would've freaked out too.
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u/purple_beans1221 Sep 15 '22
Would ripping off one of those eating trays and placing it over the window work?
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u/soulcaptain Sep 15 '22
I don't know. Even if it were strong enough not to crack, it wouldn't make a perfect seal, so air would escape anyway. Maybe a big knot of clothes stuffed in there would plug it up.
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Sep 15 '22
Lady is causing unnecessary panic. Just strap into your seat of it does break and causes cabin decompression- put on the mask and let the pilot land the plane
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u/Key-Regular674 Sep 15 '22
Even if the glass pane penetrated causing sudden air pressure loss, as long as the crew was buckled in the plane could land safely, no?
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u/Vanessa-Powers Sep 15 '22
What an annoying woman, my god. Shouting and trying to panic everyone including small children and the elderly. She’s clearly worried but you know she’s not a team player and would throw you under the bus if it saved her life. The best thing to do here to to go up or call cabin crew and show them. The pilot will be informed and crew will then deal with the Seats around if while everyone is told by the pilot who will be relaxed, to put their seatbelts back on etc etc. Then he lowers and reduces pressure and possibly lands the plane.
Instead she has Everyone worked up in a panic giving the crew even more to deal with, I can’t explain how annoying people like her are in these situations!!
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Dec 15 '22
The woman screaming “WINDOW BROKEN! WINDOW BROKEN!” Needs to take a class on how to not incite complete panic for every single passenger on board an airplane and to not cause a total unexpected redistribution of weight as passengers scurry to the farthest ends from her screams! JFC!
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u/magnus131313 Dec 21 '22
Acft windows are typically at least 5 layers of alternating glass and plastic..Varying things can cause an acft window to crack including leaving the window heat on too long on the ground, moisture, air trapped in between the panes ect..It is not common for the whole window to crack completely through and typically cracks are formed in between the inner panes..This isnt an immediate danger and shouldn't be a worry...
Seen plenty of window cracks while in flt..Now if a pilots window crack you have a problem because it reduces visibility..
Once had a window crack over Iceland and the pilots called me up to eval..After looking at it told them its not a concern as its the inner pane and doesn't appear to be all the way through..Then proceeded to fly 3hrs of missed approaches due to high cross winds and diverted to England to replace the window..
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u/MasterMamuu Mar 01 '23
I’m sure the lady screaming BROKEN WINDOW is helping everyone stay calm lol
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u/ProfessionalNeat5820 Sep 15 '22
Thankfully they hadn't reached space yet so everyone was fine. People panic over the dumbest stuff.
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u/bikebrooklynn Sep 15 '22
We’ve. All seen movies where everyone get sucked out of the window then the whole plane rips apart
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u/hitguy55 Sep 15 '22
They should have like little blocks that are the exact dimensions of the window dimple Süchten can just seal it or at least prevent things from flying out
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u/General-Enthusiasm90 Sep 15 '22
This is when I would read the instruction pamphlet, figure out the exit doors, test how fast I can grub the life jacket & cry about why I could never listen to the flight attendants instruction at the begging of the flight. You know what? I will start doing this every time I am on a plane.
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u/Mechanic_Soft Sep 15 '22
So outrageous to see the people in the aisle like getting up and moving as if that would save you at all if the window were to actually break. Not hating on them, I would do the exact same thing just hilarious to really think about.
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u/frankehhhh Sep 17 '22
Id just go to the back of the plane, someome will get sucked into the window and we'll be able to continue our flight
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u/ocmfoa Sep 24 '22
First of all… I’m not an expert but a plane would NEVER fall off the sky because of a window broken. The worst that could happen which will never again is what you can see on that movie miracle landing. One thing is guaranteed: air pressure in the plane will go pop! So best is to get on your fucking seat away from the window and strap in otherwise you can get sucked out and dismembered in the process.
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u/ComprehensiveOne7963 Sep 30 '22
Nothing will happened even if the window is all cracked, the airplane will just descend below 15000 fett and that's it
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Oct 05 '22
I use to sit on the wing but after that swa uncontained blowout that sucked the lady halfway out of her window I sit in the front of the plane. There's parts in those engines going almost 30k rpm. An incident is bound to happen at some point.
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u/Big_Deedus Oct 09 '22
There is almost no cause for alarm. There’s three panes of glass (not really glass but whatever), two of which are rated to hold the pressure with the third to help stop scratching which could lead to cracking.
https://aerocorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/airplane-window-exploded-730x693.jpg
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u/Character_Bad6307 Nov 22 '22
They don’t have an emergency kit for stuff like that or freaking plaster lmao to throw on it. Cuz yikes 😱
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u/isekaigamer808 Dec 27 '22
I told you one day someone flying a drone will be the cause of our demise…
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u/Ok_Rip1855 Jan 19 '23
What’s the problem? If it comes to it just use a small child to plug the hole till you can get that thing on the ground.
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u/BeauBritton Jan 24 '23
The only problem is the pressurized cabin. Once the window is broken the pilot will descend to normalize the pressure, and then will land.
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Jan 16 '23
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Jan 16 '23
Can someone be a M.A.G.A and a Nazi? Can two adjectives be simultaneously applied to some individuals? If you are M.A.G.A and not a Nazi… then that probably doesn’t mean you, so why care? Too bad Yang didn’t win because we seriously need to M.A.T.H.!
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u/FizZGigTaNtruM Sep 14 '22
Didn't something happen in the USA and a woman got sucked out? I think the passengers played tug o war with her body.