"Miraculous Return from Death: When the Pilot Hung in the Sky at 17,000 Feet!"
This is not a movie story, it is a reality.
The date was June 10, 1990.
British Airways flight was cruising at its normal altitude of 17,000 feet. The sun was shining, the sky was clear, everything seemed completely normal.
But then a moment came that shook the entire plane!
Suddenly, a loud explosion occurred —
The pilot's windshield shattered from the blast!
The intense air pressure instantly pulled pilot Tim Lancaster out of the cockpit — and he began to physically hang outside the plane!
It's hard to believe, but it's true.
Only the pilot's legs were in the cockpit, the rest of his body was in the sky, in the icy winds, at the mercy of the high-speed wind.
Every moment faced with death, every second a catastrophe!
But here the story took a dramatic turn —
The rest of the crew exhibited extraordinary presence of mind instead of panic.
Two flight attendants rushed to firmly hold the pilot's legs so he wouldn't completely fall out.
At the same time, pilot Andy Peterson decided on an emergency landing — a decision that needed to be made in seconds and proved life-saving.
For twenty whole minutes, the pilot battled the freezing winds, having lost consciousness, fighting against the biting waves of ice —
