If pilot window breaks at an altitude of 30000 ft, what will happen to pilot?

Answer 1

Unlike many of the previous answers, not only is it possible but it has happened. On June 10, 1990 British Airways Flight 5390 was climbing through 17,300 ft when the pilot's windshield failed and the pilot was partially sucked through the window following an explosive decompression. A flight attendant held on to his legs but was unable to pull the captain back in the BAC 1-11. The first officer made an emergency landing and the captain lived. It was featured on the National Geographic program called "Blow Out".

Answer 2

Rapid depressurization. It is a kind of osmosis. That is the pressurized air in the cabin when say, a window breaks, the higher pressure of the cabin air will rush out to equalize the air pressure both inside and outside the plane.

It would seem that because the hole in the window is small, it wouldn't matter much to the folks inside, but unless all of you are using oxygen, there is not very much O2 up there.
Remember golf legend Payne Stuart? Well something very similar happened to his Lear jet.

On top of all this, the temperature is way below 0*F.

So if you are a pilot, crewmember or passenger, the firstthing to do is grab the oxygen mask. And there is no noble effort in helping some one who can't find/won't or can't wear the mask, just remember to put yours on first and foremost.

With that being done, you or crew members can begin to help.

Oh, and the way cold temperature? We pilots can be trusted to get the aircraft down to a more comfortable temp, and into the thicker air to breathe on. There a few tricks up our sleeves when hand-flying the aircraft and have to lose alot of altitude in a short period of time.

Therefore, follow directions (don't be a hero), put your mask on, and breathe easy. The Captain will declare an emergency to Air Traffic Control then to the Tower, and aside from anything else? You'll be on the ground very soon - breathe normal.

If you are flying in a General Aviation aircraft, if you don't know alot about flying, ask the pilot this: How high are we flying today? Is the aircraft pressurized? Where are the masks at and when do we put them on. Any good,safe pilot will welcome the questions. If they seem to be a cocky person, go ahead and fly, but with someone else. There are old pilots and bold pilots. There are never any old bold pilots.
See the reasoning? Good. Have a good filght!

Answer 3

Listen to the pilots on this one. Hollywood has made such a big deal about crashes, etc. that we all assume that the worst will happen. I've flown on a plane that took a good hit by lightning. They didn't tell us during our flight that's what happened, but if you had a brain in your head you knew. We got hit pretty good (as in the plane felt the turbulence), plus we lost the the electricity inside the plane (our movie for example was gone). They did announce that we would not have the use of the microwave and coffee machine. This happened during a bad thunderstorm over New Mexico in the summer. We landed w/o any problems though in Phoenix, but an hour later they did suspend flights for a time period while the storms rolled through. I don't like to fly because of turbulence and that was scary for me, but we got through it. If that had been a Hollywood movie, the plane probably would've crashed or something. Just know that the pilots have been trained for just about every scenario that could happen and would do their best to get the plane to a safe altitude if needed. They also want to live. By the way, when we were leaving the plane, both pilots were standing at the front with the flight attendants, and answering question as people left the plane. That's when they told us we had been hit by lightning, but that everything was fine.

Answer 4

Green Froggy and ALOPILOT are right, pilots/flight attendants being sucked out of the airplane has happened before i have seen both of these episodes on a Discovery Canada show called Mayday. Most of the time though there'll be a sudden depressurization of the aircraft and nothing serious will happen. the pilot only needs to get his oxygen mask on quickly and get to a lower altitude for the passengers and their safety.

Answer 5

Does anyone remember the Hawian Airlines 737 that had the top of the front 1/4 of the fuselage blow off due to a crack, only the flight attendant was sucked out of a hole more than 10 ft. in diameter... the pilots were able to identify the problem and land safely... nothing will happen...

Answer 6

Cockpit windows of large aircraft are made from laminated layers of glass and plastics. Much the same as car windshields in the US. Only much thicker. Depending on size or window, they can be over 1 1/2" thick.
They are also electrically heated to make them pliable at high altitudes where the temp is normally between -50 and -60 F.
Windows do crack on occasion, but extremely rarely to they fail complety.
If a window cracked, as long as vision for landing is not obstructed, it would be a minor problem.
Window would have to be changed before next flight. A very time consuming process.

Answer 7

there became in no way a 2 seat A-10, they're all unmarried seat. A-6, as suggested, is a available decision. possibly the AT-37, or Killer Tweet, which turned right into a vernable previous T-37 with T-38 engines and far of difficult factors, regularly used as a FAC style mission in decrease danger environments.

Answer 8

He'll look at the broken window, say to himself, "Wonder how that happened", put his oxygen mask on and continue to fly the aircraft. Since the break would depressurize the aircraft, he will begin a descent to about 12,000 feet, then continue on to an appropriate airport. He will not be sucked through the window, although any paper he has loose in the cockpit may. It is most certainly NOT what Hollywood depicts in their movies.

Answer 9

Any one of the two or both pilots will notice (they will put their masks) and will start descending the aircraft to 10,000 feets for the safety of the aircraft & the passengers...at that time oxygen masks would be dangling in the passengers compartments (airhostesses would be telling the passengers how to wear the masks...)...

Answer 10

He will pass out with 15 seconds if not on supplement oxygen. If he did such an act without good cause he will lose his pilot license and be sent to prison or a mental asylum.