what would happen in an airplane at ahigh altitude if a window broke?

Answer 1

Everything will get sucked out of that window and eventually the wall would crack and break apart and things would still get sucked out. Exactly like a curtain with an opened window on a windy day. Pressure.. High pressure and low pressure..

I don't like flying!!!!!

Answer 2

Not much. It's not like what you see in the movies. Try looking for the episode of Mythbusters in Discovery Channel where they simulate a real airplane's cabin pressure to the outside when it's at a high altitude and shoot a gun at the window. Nothing really happens. The window does not break and especially, the plane does not loose the whole wall. =)

Answer 3

As a pilot myself, although of aircraft that don't fly as high as airliners, I have read about everything there is about aircraft accidents and the result of a window breaking would be very much depending on where you sit, the rate at which the air escapes and the actual altitude.
Airliner pilots often do emergency pressure lost exercise. A friend of mine who flew SAS told me that he once did that and one of his teeth exploded. He had a filling that was loose, air got trapped under it and when pressure dropped suddenly, the tooth split in two. Needless to say, it was the co-pilot who got the job to land the plane, my friend was in agony with pain.
But while it is not done by breaking a window but rather by a controlled valve escape, the loss of pressure is something an aircraft is built to sustain and is periodically tested for.

Answer 4

It relies upon on how intense the airplane is flying. yet at known top (10000m) it's going to be a tension lost interior the airplane so human beings could have issues to breath (that's the reason airplanes have oxygen mask) and the temperature interior the airplane will go down because of the fact exterior is fairly chilly. A window wreck would not compromise the administration of the airplane, so it won't be a concern for the airplane to land properly.

Answer 5

The pilot would probably drop altitude pretty quickly. Very unlikely though, the windows are double paned.

Answer 6

The air pressure would change immediately and the oxygen levels would drop inside the cabin and everyone would die.

Answer 7

if the plane is pressurize, air would rush from the plane to the outside area at a high rate

Answer 8

You would get sucked right through the window

Answer 9

your blood will begin to boil and your brain will become flat as a pancake and if you have testicles they would explode. If that doesn't kill you...you'll wish you passed on that airline food cause your stomach will expand to the size of a beach ball until you poop it out.

Answer 10

The pressure would no longer be stabilized and it would act as a vaccuum -- pulling things out.