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Snackshack

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10. They are lucky to be alive.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 01:47 PM

22 hrs ago

At altitude a plane is like a balloon and if it pops, it is very violent like Hawaiian flight 243 or it can be very slow and just as deadly as the flight Payne Stewart took.

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Man partially sucked out of broken Ryanair plane window during flight, fellow passenger says [View all] question everything Yesterday OP

Holy shit! Kali Yesterday #1

This has happened before Ray Bruns Yesterday #2

Even before that. johnp3907 23 hrs ago #7

Ha! Seems to happen a lot when there's a gremlin on the wing. Ray Bruns 23 hrs ago #8

Reminds me of one of the questions in the... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #3

Lucky to be alive. paleotn Yesterday #4

That's how Goldfinger got it. Hassin Bin Sober Yesterday #5

Another reason DownriverDem 23 hrs ago #6

I'm about to fly for the first time since 1994... happybird 1 hr ago #16

George Kennedy knows. LudwigPastorius 22 hrs ago #9

They are lucky to be alive. Snackshack 22 hrs ago #10

Well that sucks out loud. Was it a Saudi donated plane? twodogsbarking 22 hrs ago #11

eek!!! AllaN01Bear 22 hrs ago #12

Hilarious - Ryanair Advert (Parody) Xipe Totec 22 hrs ago #13

Scary shit - so glad his fellow passengers were able to pull him back in. n/t iluvtennis 22 hrs ago #14

Some people will do anything to be the first one off. "Hans Brinker" of the discount airline age? Wonder Why 21 hrs ago #15