Shocked Passengers on Board a Chinese Airliner, as Oxygen Mask Dropped.
It started when the windshield on the right side of the passenger plane's cockpit suddenly blew out. “We were eating. All of a sudden, we heard a bang, then the plane began to go down. The duration of the drop was about 4 to 5 seconds. It was chaos; all the lights went out.”
The Airbus A319 was 80 minutes into flight and was flying at an altitude of 30,000 feet when the windshield shattered and the co-pilot was sucked halfway out of the plane, despite wearing a seat belt. The pilot and flight crew were praised for the safe emergency landing in Southern China. The co-pilot surprisingly suffered only scratches and a sprained wrist and no passengers were hurt, according to local media.