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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #20 on: November 17, 2015, 10:17:22 PM »
Rude way of asking. But yes I do.

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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #21 on: November 17, 2015, 11:00:11 PM »
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_military_parachuting
don't be silly, you can open the door, but to avoid hypoxia everyone in the plane has to wear an oxygen mask until the cabin is re-pressurized after they close the door.

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757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #22 on: November 17, 2015, 11:37:07 PM »
I had a cracked wind shield on a frontier flight they didn't make huge deal out of it ,said landing just for a precaution.i did get $800 frontier voucher besides for hotel and food voucher (maybe because didn't shatter)

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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #23 on: November 17, 2015, 11:50:50 PM »
Rude way of asking. But yes I do.

Why is that rude?

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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #24 on: November 17, 2015, 11:51:36 PM »
Ummmm.... Do you even know what rude is? 

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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #25 on: November 17, 2015, 11:52:18 PM »
Ummmm.... Do you even know what rude is?

Yes.

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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #26 on: November 19, 2015, 06:59:10 PM »
Whoa! Glad everything worked out.

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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #27 on: November 19, 2015, 07:04:18 PM »
BH you're safe.

How was the pilot flying? Wouldn't there be air hitting his face at hundreds of miles an hour?
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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #28 on: November 19, 2015, 07:20:55 PM »
BH you're safe.

How was the pilot flying? Wouldn't there be air hitting his face at hundreds of miles an hour?
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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #29 on: November 19, 2015, 07:21:17 PM »
BH you're safe.

How was the pilot flying? Wouldn't there be air hitting his face at hundreds of miles an hour?
He said it was tempered glass.

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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #30 on: November 19, 2015, 07:26:28 PM »
He said it was tempered glass.

Tempered glass is even worse when it breaks, as it shatters into tiny crystals.  This is certainly laminated and tempered, like a car windshield.   

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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #31 on: November 19, 2015, 07:48:32 PM »
You're right. I was referring to that type that shatters but stays in place.

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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #32 on: November 19, 2015, 08:55:38 PM »
OP, can you upload a picture?
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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #33 on: November 19, 2015, 10:19:53 PM »
Kind of freaky. Why doesn't this happen more often? Car windshields crack every day...

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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #34 on: November 20, 2015, 12:26:23 PM »
Kind of freaky. Why doesn't this happen more often? Car windshields crack every day...

I think the answer is pretty obvious: for the same reason airplane tires don't blow out as often as car tires do. And that is... because aviation-grade parts are designed to be infinitely stronger than car parts.

Accidents still do happen, but the initial grade/quality of the parts is much higher (and incidentally much more expensive, as well). Therefore the failure rate is much lower.
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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #35 on: November 20, 2015, 12:30:29 PM »
I think the answer is pretty obvious: for the same reason airplane tires don't blow out as often as car tires do. And that is...
Because airplanes are not using their tires most of the time. If there would be as many potholes on the runway as there are in lkwd, you'd hear of a lot more stories with tire blow outs.
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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #36 on: November 20, 2015, 12:35:40 PM »
That would have been one smelly cockpit if I was the pilot.
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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #37 on: November 20, 2015, 12:37:23 PM »
I did feel him deploy the speed brakes before the announcement. I'll upload a picture when I get home tomorrow. They offered 300 dollar united voucher or 15,000 points to everyone on the flight. Side note, the voucher that they gave us for the hotel had united airlines corporate credit card number (all 16 digits) with exp date and cvv printed on it. (Lol)
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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #38 on: November 20, 2015, 12:39:14 PM »
Accidents still do happen, but the initial grade/quality of the parts is much higher (and incidentally much more expensive, as well). Therefore the failure rate is much lower.

Particularly tires, which are meant to withstand more extreme speeds/conditions than cars on the road.
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Re: 757 windshield shattered mid flight.
« Reply #39 on: November 20, 2015, 12:42:59 PM »
Here is the pic.