3June 10, 1990: British Airways Flight 5390

A faulty windscreen panel dropped off from the cockpit window, Captain Tim Lancaster was halfway sucked out of the cockpit, at 17,000 feet.

LanCasterโ€™s copilot Alastair Atchison flew the plane while flight attendants latched onto the stricken pilot, despite the absence of air pressure in the cockpit.