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* British Airways Flight 5390 was going to be a routine flight for Timothy "Tim" Lancaster and his crew as they were bound for Málaga Airport in Spain. But shortly after takeoff, one of the BAC One-Eleven's windscreens separated from the plane, causing an explosive decompression which shot Lancaster partway out of the plane,. his boddyHis body was pinned against the window frame for twenty minutes all whilstwhile Alastair Atchison, the co-pilot, was fightingfought to get the plane to safety whileduring whch his comrades holdheld on to Tim's body. 300Three-hundred-mile-per-hour winds and frostbite battered Tim to a pulp, leading to his colleagues to assume that he's was good as dead. They did contemplate ditchingpushing his body out of the way, but ruled it out as not only was throwing Tim's (seemingly-dead) body out a disservice to his relatives, his body would end up striking one of the engines, making the situation even worse had they done so. Atchison managed to land the plane with all of the passengers unharmed, but the crew were understandably sorry for whatever fate Tim had gone through. To the crew's surprise and relief, Tim had somehow managed to survive the ordeal of having to ride face-first into violent winds and sub-zero frost, with frostbite, bruising, shock, and fractures to his right arm, left thumb, and right wrist. And after less than five months of recuperating from his injuries, Tim went back to service, piloting until he retired in 2008.