A pilot who was sucked out of a cockpit window mid-flight managed to survive thanks to his colleague's quick thinking. Back in 1990, Captain Tim Lancaster and co-pilot Alistair Atchison had been in ...

But at 17,300ft there was an almighty bang - and chaos gripped the cockpit. Passenger Nichola, holding her baby James on her knee, says: “It was just literally this bang, and this like whoosh.

Actual crew can apply for verification to the program and present a badge that grants them queue-skipping privileges. A similar initiative also exists for pilots only, the Cockpit Access Security ...

At 23,000ft, two of the six cockpit windows shattered, creating a gaping hole in the jetliner cruising at a speed of 400mph. Captain Tim Lancaster was immediately pulled from his seat and sucked ...

A plane captain was sucked out of his cockpit window and left pinned to the aircraft's front while his co-pilot held onto his legs in a desperate bid to save him minutes after takeoff. Captain Tim ...

The cockpit of the holiday jet with missing windscreen which blew out at 24,000ft. (Image: PA) Incredibly, pilot Tim Lancaster suffered only frostbite and a number of fractures and bruising and ...

The pilot who survived a deadly plane crash in Nepal was saved after his cockpit split from the plane on impact with a freight container, seconds before the rest of the aircraft crashed in flames.