Plane Windows Fall Out Mid Air! | Titan Airways Airbus A321 

I hope you enjoyed the video, if you did, please give it a like! 😁 *** In this incident, Titan Airways flight 305 was an A321, but an a320 is used to simulate it in this video. This is because the A320 model provides a higher quality model.

What a story! As someone that worked aircraft maintenance for many years, (retired) and changed out countless interior panes for cosmetic purposes, I never encountered melting of any type. Window shade warping is a common occurrence, but this is such a rarity. Those must have been some intense lights. Bravo to the crew for their quick and professional actions.

Definitely one of the more bizarre stories in aviation! There’s another strange incident over the Caribbean when American Airlines 901 went into a dive, when the first officer seat moved forward and legs, which were crossed, pushed the control yoke, there is more to this story and it’s pretty interesting. This is the date for the incident: Wednesday 29 June 1994. Would be cool to see it covered on RU-vid!

A few minutes ago, I was watching the news on TV. Heard that the whole fleet of Boeing B-737 MAX 9 has been grounded for inspection after one of them lost a window and part of the fuselage little after takeoff in Alaska.

Utterly bizarre, plus amazing save by the crew!

Jaw dropped by the hilarious chain of events in this one. Great teamwork by pax-crew-investigators!

This is crazy! Thanks for the great content curious pilot!

Brilliant video! Thank you. I was trying to figure out what could have caused the windows to fall out! It was not what I was expecting. So much happens in the aviation industry everyday, it’s crazy to see stories like this. Thank you for bringing it to us.

Low probability events still happen, TG the loadmaster caught it early.

Been watching Air Crash investigation since childhood, never ever could have anticipated this unusual tale of events!

Yikes! Now Airbus too! Its a bad cabin window week!

Incredible! You'd think someone would've noticed the stench of melted rubber in the cabin at some point when filming concluded.

A fantastic analysis, thank you so much.

Oddly something similar happened to TWA at LAX following filming of a commercial. The bad windows were found during dehangering inspection. There also was scorched paint. The filming lights get quite hot.

Great video. Fortunate that the damage to the window was spotted early in the flight at a relatively low altitude.

I'm curious as to whether the black painted fuselage contributed to the damage.

How unusual this must have been! Well done to that loadmaster. I hadn’t heard about this. Great video - I’m really enjoying your channel.

That was absolutely mindblowing. Who would believe that set lighting could cause any damage, let alone a substantial one, to a modern aircraft. This could have indeed turned out completely differently, if it wasn't for the awareness of the loadmaster and the immediate actions by the crew. Now, I understand that the damage was not as apparent prior to the flight compared to how it was after landing, and yet, as I understand it, there was a clear physical evidence for damage on at least on one window. I wonder how something like this can be overlooked on a walk around during daylight, and especially in such a chill environment. And then, you would also expect the cabin crew who prepared the cabin, to have noticed something so off. So I am left with more than one answered question. Were there any safety recommendations by the AAIB due to this?

The lighting equipment used by film crews tequires a lot of knowledge; some setups throw off a _lot_ of heat. I learned that from being at the receiving end while emceeing a stage show. I picked up a leather flogger that had brass studs in the grip and got nice round burns in the palm of my hand. The gaffer's new assistant had used the wrong spotlight on it and the heat was far in excess of what was appropriate. Explaining the resulting burns to my straight job was a treat. In any case, I can easily see polymer windows being compromised even from 10 meters.

Great video!

This is such a unique incident! Very strange. It highlights the need for careful planning and attention to detail when using an aircraft for an uncommon purpose like this. Doing inspection/maintenance AFTERWARD probably would have been a good idea as well.

Wow ... Incredible.

A truly extraordinary case and an excellent video. From a B1. Great work and Happy New Year.

Wow, who would have thought? Importantly, they found the cause of this bizarre incident.

How shocking! As you alluded to, plane makers have produced windows for decades, probably improving continuously, but this event which might seem to laymen such as I, “within acceptable perimeters” could induce catastrophic failure 😳👏👍👌

OK a few things right off the bat. First, I need to go make some popcorn. Second, that livery is awesome. See you again when I'm done watching!

Reminds me of the Comet window design fault. Interesting video.

That is a gorgeous aircraft.

Similar thing must've happened with a Turkish Airlines 787 and similar lighting for a photoshoot, with the windows melting

very interesting. makes me wonder if the lights where using factory standard bulbs or if they'd been 'beefed up'. great vid anyway. never heard of this before.

Great job.

Love your accent!! Very interesting info.

I used to clean there office back in the 90s

The fact, that the fuselage was painted dark hence there was limited light deflection didn't help either. I guess this could further contribute to the damage

Had the window defect not been detected and it failed in the middle of the Atlantic, finding an alternate airport within range at the safe, lower, altitude and therefore much higher fuel burn, could have made this far more fraught.

Thats a beautiful black plane. Do we have at least an approximation of the temperature the flood lights were giving off? What is the failure temperature of the seal?

They have no idea how close that was

A bit off topic but do we know what movie/show/ad they were shooting the day prior? Would love to watch it.

The heat produced by multiple banks of PAR's is quite substantial. Much cooler and efficient going with HMI's..

Any mention of the black paint?

If the aircraft fuselage was painted black, would that have increased the heat absorption from the flood lights?

Boeing likely wishes the recent blowout of an Alaskan Air 737 wall panel had a similar cause. Luckily both this incident and the 737 incident resulted in no injuries or fatalities.

Good old film crews again. Have no idea

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If that plane crashes, we have no idea why it happened.

Wow. So did the studio have to pay damages or anything?

1:41 Wait, I think there's another incident to uncover here. Let me know if you see it!

How did they not notice this during the pre flight walk around?

I wonder what the film was? Would be a bit eerie watching it knowing of the outcome

What most people don't realise is that plastic products...including composite laminating resins....have a Tg (glass transition temperature where the resin starts to soften). This temperature can be as low as 85°C...easily achievable under direct summer sunshine. This is the reason why most modern planes and composite structured gliders and yachts are painted white or a light colour.

My father once melted the left rear light on his car with a floodlight while working on the back mounted engine. It didn't ever happened to him again. I'd expect more from a professional team doing that job every day...

Just yesterday, an Alaska Airlines 737 Max9 lost a door panel/window (apparently not in use in this configuration for Alaska Airlines) resulting in sudden depressurization. Thankfully no one was seriously injured in this incident either. A large part of the fleet has been grounded. Is this becoming a more common problem? Thanks for your video, I remember seeing the report on the news last year of this incident. Hard to believe movie-set lights can do so much damage.

Why is this video zoomed in ?

How is it that the minimum distance for illumination is 10m, but for flammable objects it's 1.5m? Surely that should be the other way round. Or am I missing something?

I have been traveling my entire life (on airplanes 90% of the time), and I have NEVER EVER sat next to a door!. I have ALWAYS booked a seat and sat just behind the wing and always in an aisle seat... just sayin'... Happy new year everyone.

don’t the pilots or flight engineers normally do a plane inspection before the flight, why wasn’t this caught before the flight

I wonder who picked up the bill for this one?

Is this an A320 he is talking about in the video?

You didn't specify the type of plane mate. I know it's an A320 but not all your audience might.

How’s your career going, curious pilot

I wonder how much it's going to cost that filming company for all the damages they caused 🤔

If set of light can melt window , then this plane has no business to airborne

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Not many planes are painted all black as it absorbs much heat maybe even from the lamps... is this plane a 350 neo?

She doesn't be explained at the beginning what type of aero-Plainé this is bé 😟😮😦😐

titan plane, titan sub.....hmmm dont think id wanna be travelling on eithet

You‘ll have a blast with Boeing‘s door plugs then.

I genuinely cant believe people assert that flying is ‘safer relative to other means of transport’ because it seems there’s endless stories like this

What type of aircraft>?

Not often you hear Southend Airport in these videos! Go my home city 🤣

737 MAX 9: "Hold my beer..."

Movie lighting

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A Titan Airways Airbus A321-200N, registration G-OATW performing flight AWC-305Y from London Stansted,EN (UK) to Orlando,FL (USA) with 21 crew, was climbing through about 10,000 feet out of Stansted's runway 22 when the crew noticed excessive noise in the cabin, stopped the climb at about FL150 and returned to Stansted for a safe landing on runway 22 about 37 minutes after departure. The British AAIB reported it was discovered three cabin windows were missing or loose, there was also damage to the left hand stabilizer, the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The occurrence was rated an accident and is being investigated by the AAIB. Airbus not robust.

Is this a report from Boeing...?!@+

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If flood lights could cause this kind of damage, it makes me wonder whether the airplane is made of the proper materials. A very hot day sitting out on the tarmac could melt the windows. I expect it is only a matter of time when we start seeing these planes falling out of the sky.

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Human carelessness and stupidity never surprise me. I used to enjoy flying, but with everything I've seen since the 2 737 Maxes went down, I'm completely done. The whole industry, building and flying, has strayed far away from the excellence it once possessed. SMH.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the former. ~Albert Einstein. The 'safest mode of transportation' coming up with incredulous instances of rank beeeep.. often remind me of the above quote.

Please Note: your script writer should know that altitudes are not referred to "Flight Levels" until reaching 18,000 feet. So technically there is no "flight level 130", that is simply 13,000 feet. Those who have a basic knowledge of aviation would know this and mistakes like this damage your credibility in the aviation world.

I am glad that at 35,000 feet, the windows do not melt due to harsh direct natural sunlight