Nearly sucked out of the Window, Soutwest Air Flight...

[SeriousStudent]

And some idiot stealing your oxygen mask for their self-propelled cracked-window plugger....

Gosh, I wonder if Fluffy would plug that hole in the window? The sizes almost match.

[Honu]

And some idiot stealing your oxygen mask for their cat....

pretend I am oxygen deprived and start flailing about REALLY HARD

[Moose-Knuckle]

Yeah that's a horrible way to die, saw all those movies/TV shows as a kid when bad guy would shoot out a window on a plane, depressurize the cabin, and someone would get sucked out.

That and quicksand, as a child I thought quicksand was going to be much more of problem that it really is.

Thanks Hollywood.

[Hmac]

Made an impression on me when I was 13.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pHXevnoAciY

[Arik]

Reason 94579372641 why I don't fly

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[Moose-Knuckle]

Made an impression on me when I was 13.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pHXevnoAciY

Exactly!

If Gert Fröbe's fat butt can be sucked through those tiny windows then I'm toast!

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Yeah that's a horrible way to die, saw all those movies/TV shows as a kid when bad guy would shoot out a window on a plane, depressurize the cabin, and someone would get sucked out.

That and quicksand, as a child I thought quicksand was going to be much more of problem that it really is.

Thanks Hollywood.

Apes, earthquakes, nuclear war and aligators still haven't panned out.

Why exactly can we hold our breath for a minute, but we loose consciousness so fast at low pressures? Are you breathing your O2 away and can't not breathe or you'll reverse bends?

Being 'extruded' out a window doesn't have any positive aspects.

[flenna]

Exactly!

If Gert Fröbe's fat butt can be sucked through those tiny windows then I'm toast!

I remember as a kid bs'ing with the other kids that you cannot shoot a gun inside a plane. You know, because the pressure is so great it will suck everyone out through the bullet hole.

[Honu]

Apes, earthquakes, nuclear war and aligators still haven't panned out.

Why exactly can we hold our breath for a minute, but we loose consciousness so fast at low pressures? Are you breathing your O2 away and can't not breathe or you'll reverse bends?

Being 'extruded' out a window doesn't have any positive aspects.

partial pressures is why You can hold your breathe if that breathe was at pressure

its the exact same thing that happens with shallow water blackout or cerebral hypoxia all due to partial pressures

[rjacobs]

from the photos I have seen, it doesn't look like the fan or the gearbox malfunctioned because it looked to be intact.

It appears the fan shroud blew apart. The shroud does a few things1) The duct is convergent hence the velocity of air also increases producing larger thrust.(2) The bypass airflow cools the main engine unlike a propeller aeroplane. (3) The air flow is also directed and merged with the flow through the main engine hence reducing the EGT/TGT considerably. (4) The shroud also reduces the chopping sound of the propeller and makes the engine quieter. (5) The lining of the shroud is perforated and takes exhaust heat to de-ice, or to prevent ice build up on the front housing.

Regardless, the air pressure inside of the shroud housing is usually pretty high, but not high enough to blow the shroud made of composites, aluminum and titanium completely apart. Unless there was water trapped in the housing and somehow the heat turned the water into steam and turned the fan housing into a pressure cooker bomb.

Let me correct basically all the points you attempted to sound educated on. You must be a CNN commentator aviation expert.

The engine lost a fan blade...

CFM 56 has no gear box.

The duct has no affect on increasing thrust by changing its pressure. It really is not a convergent duct.

You are semi correct on #2, but its a secondary effect. Bypass air is most of the thrust at low altitudes. It also masks the exhaust noise from the turbine section.

#3.... no its not. The air flow from the fan section NEVER enters the core sections except at the very front(inlet guide vanes). Its a 5:1 bypass or there abouts. 5 parts go around, 1 part goes in, but once past the inlet guide vanes the core is sealed.

4... Sort of because the tips are typically super sonic.

5. Not perforated for de-ice. Air is driven through the perforations for noise reduction. The lip is heated via bleed air from the compressor, not exhaust from the turbine.

And the air pressure inside the inlet of the engine is actually low pressure, not high pressure. A turbine engine can produce ice due to temperature drop at the inlet(due to the pressure drop) at up to 10c...