Post #2265798

https://www.tumblr.com/reasonablywittyatbest/815975302282051584 "I think about British Airways Flight 5390 a lot" "OKAY STRAP IN because this is one of the WILDEST stories in aviation history." "In 1990, a British Airways BAC One-Eleven, captained by Tim Lancaster and co-piloted by Alastair Atchison, was cruising at 17,000 feet. …" [description of pilot's front window falling off the plane, and the pilot sucked out through the window, but his legs were caught by a flight attendant… somehow they landed the plane without loss of life.] "Accidents in complex systems are very rarely one person’s fault and my original post indeed oversimplified the incident for the sake of telling a straightforward story. This was not the case of one bad maintenance worker; this was a systematic failure. The holes lined up and a tragedy nearly occurred because profit (short staffing, poor maintenance facilities, poor training and tools) was prioritized over safety at several layers. Any additional degree of safety would have prevented this from occurring."