The 0.026 Inch Mistake That Blew Out Flight 5390

On 10 June 1990, British Airways Flight 5390 suffered an explosive decompression at 17,300 feet over Oxfordshire when the captain's windscreen blew out. Reconstruct the 22-minute struggle to keep Captain Tim Lancaster inside the cockpit, and the inquiry into eighty-four mismatched bolts. Sources: casa.gov.au: https://www.casa.gov.au/sites/default... gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/1-199... code7700.com: https://code7700.com/case_study_briti... aviation-safety.net: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/... Stock footage via Pexels (pexels.com): cottonbro studio, Kiwi and Camera, Pavel Danilyuk, Tima Miroshnichenko, 杉原 桂, Claudio AFC, Joerg Mangelsen, Dave Planes, YAUHENI ZAITSAU, Joshua Malic, Christiana Dj, Midtrack -, Julien Goettelmann, Grigoriy Bunkov, Timo Volz, Go Journal, Hampie, Travelling Tourist, Oskar Gross, Mikhail Nilov and 4 more. Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Rob Hodgkins (CC BY-SA 2.0); Przemysław Jahr , Poland (Public domain); Thomas Nugent (CC BY-SA 2.0); Bacon Noodles (Public domain).