A Sichuan Airlines pilot has been hailed a hero for landing an airliner safely on Monday after a windshield broke mid-flight and his co-pilot was sucked halfway out of the cockpit. The captain, Liu Chuanjian, told reporters there was “no warning sign” before the front right windshield of the Airbus A319 suddenly “cracked and made a loud bang.”“The next thing I know, my co-pilot had been sucked halfway out of the window,” Liu said, according to Reuters. Most of the equipment malfunctioned ... and I couldn’t hear the radio. The plane was shaking so hard I could not read the gauges.”The co-pilot, who was wearing a seatbelt, was pulled back into the plane, reported Reuters. Chinese aviation officials said one other flight crew member was injured.

Source: Huffington Post May 15, 2018 12:26 UTC