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by StreetChief 898 days ago
A child in the middle row had his shirt sucked off his body. They were only at 16,000ft, maybe half the cruising altitude? I forget if it's 35,000 or 50,000 usually.
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Commercial jets are typically cruising at 31K-36K feet, rarely above 39K, and almost never above 42K feet MSL.
> A child in the middle row had his shirt sucked off his body.

You're kind of making my point for me when clothing being removed from a person is the most harrowing part of an aviation incident.

except if he was sitting at the window, he might have gone out too...