Originally published at: Video: Southwest passenger shows window that shattered during flight (dramatic image, but no harm done) | Boing Boing
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The inner windows usually have small holes in them to prevent pressure differences between the cabin and the space between inner and outer windows.
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That’s the “scratch pane”, which is an anti-tamper safety feature. Otherwise some idiot with a diamond ring could score the inner and/or outer windows and make the plane have a bad day.
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Given that elbow attacks don’t seem to be properly defended, now we’re all in for the elbow-checking episode of security theater.
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Wait, so if I get this correctly, she broke the plane, and they gave her a voucher as a reward?
Next flight when I’m stuck on the taxiway for 3 hours at LAX, it’s hammer elbow time!
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You mean the window with the hole in it broke? I’d be on the look out for sharp edges but she didn’t deserve the 300$ in my opinion.
It’s not missing; it’s clearly right there.
In the end, I wish the airline had trained the flight attendant enough to know it wasn’t a problem. It’s probably not typical to have to learn it but depending on how the attendant reacted, there might have been some unnecessary panic in the passenger. That’s the only reason I can think of such a refund.
Oh gosh, an airline had to give out $300 of all that bailout money.
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“As soon as my elbow applied any type of slight pressure, as soon as that happened, the whole window just broke, shattered, the whole thing,” she explained.
I have my doubts.
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