British Airways Flight 5390 was a BAC One-Eleven Series 528FL jet airliner, registered as G-BJRT. It was taking off from Birmingham Airport in England for Málaga Airport in Spain when it suffered explosive decompression. An improperly installed windscreen panel separated from its frame, causing the plane’s captain to be blown partially out of the aircraft.
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British Airways Flight 5390 was a BAC One-Eleven Series 528FL jet airliner, registered as G-BJRT. It was taking off from Birmingham Airport in England for Málaga Airport in Spain when it suffered explosive decompression. An improperly installed windscreen panel separated from its frame, causing the plane’s captain to be blown partially out of the aircraft. With the captain pinned against the window frame for twenty minutes, the first officer landed at Southampton Airport. Investigators found that the windscreen was installed 27 hours before the flight and many of the bolts used were 0.26 inches too small in diameter. The previous windscreen had also been fitted using incorrect bolts, which were replaced by the maintenance manager without reference to maintenance-for-like basis.
The plane was not equipped with oxygen for everyone on board, so Atchison began a rapid emergency descent to reach an altitude with sufficient air pressure. He then re-engaged the autopilot and broadcast a distress call, but he was unable to hear the response from air traffic control because of wind noise. At 08: 55 local time, the aircraft landed in Southampton and the passengers disembarked using boarding steps. The aircraft first flew on 8 February 1971, and was delivered to Bavaria Fluggesellschaft on 26 February 1971.
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