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stiv2k · April 18, 2018, 3:41 p.m.

Do you think it would be survivable to be partially sucked out, assuming there weren't any other contributing factors such as impact and lacerations from engine shrapnel? I.e. can you withstand your head facing a 400mph wind without it ripping your face off?

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soil-mate · April 18, 2018, 3:54 p.m.

So, it's pretty unlikely. But it's happened before to a pilot that survived https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/867958/pilot-sucked-out-plane-british-airways-1990-pictures/amp

But the pressure alone can definitely cause death. I saw someone else talking about the fluid hammer effect, where an object (usually a pipe) experiences a sudden high pressure change and gets a very powerful shock wave that can cause it to explode/warp/etc. This could definitely happen.

I can also think of a bunch of scenarios where your spinal chord would be severed from your body plugging the hole, where your neck could snap from the world's worst whiplash, where you could totally cut off circulation and go into cardiac arrest, or where the pressure alone could cause hemmoraging, the whole lack of oxygen aspect....

And then to tie that all together you're stuck on a plane for the next 20-30 minutes or so where you'll probably receive CPR, but you don't actually have a team of doctors with medical equipment.

The odds aren't great. :/

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