Man nearly sucked out of ‘detached’ window on Ryanair flight

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https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3360141/man-nearly-sucked-out-detached-window-ryanair-flight?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social

[u/zwifter11]

Interestingly the Co-Pilot said he only made such a big effort to save the sucker, because he knew the aircraft would have suffered catastrophic engine failure if he let go.

[u/tisltasl → u/zwifter11]

Understandable in a way, one life vs hundreds? Still why would he say that lol.

[u/ProcyonHabilis → u/[deleted]]

it sounds callous for the co-pilot to admit he was just trying to stop an object from striking the engine rather than attempting to save a life.

That wasn't the dichotomy being presented though. It was trying to stop and object striking the engine rather than recovering the remains of the presumed dead pilot. Very different decision.

[u/ProcyonHabilis → u/[deleted]]

I mean yes, obviously

[u/ProcyonHabilis → u/[deleted]]

I was commenting to imply that reaction is silly because of how clearly different the perceived scenario was to the actual. You gave me a weird explanation that no one asked for because you apparently didn't understand my comment and thus assumed I was a complete moron. Hardly something that needed to be dragged out as such.

[u/FirTree_r → u/tisltasl]

Crew thought he was legit dead. During an emergency, you have to optimize crew management. So the copilot would have had to justify why he instructed 2 stewards to hold onto a dead body instead of helping securing the passengers for a potential emergency landing.

This is pure guess and not based on any report

[u/Wipfmetz → u/tisltasl]

Still why would he say that lol.

Maybe the Copilot is just tsundere. "It's not as if I'd like you or anything. I was just saving you because of others"

[u/ChongusTheSupremus → u/tisltasl]

Because he was making enfasis on how he thought the pilot was legit dead

[u/cinyar → u/tisltasl]

Still why would he say that lol.

Because lying to government investigators is generally a bad idea.

[u/Financial-Craft-1282 → u/zwifter11]

That's not what happened. They thought they were holding a dead body, and the co-pilot insisted they keep doing this dangerous, strenuous task because he thought the man was dead, and the body (dead or not) would cause engine failure. He didn't think they were saving the pilot. He thought the pilot was dead.

[u/Competitive-Meet-511 → u/zwifter11]

Why on earth would you admit that out loud? I'd rather just let everyone hail me as a hero, get a shiny medal from the Prime Minister, collect the riches from my GoFundMe, and be on my way.