[misc] As life imitates the Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"

[danny burstein]

William Shatner was right!!!

[Oregon news]

BREAKING: An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at
Portland International Airport on Friday night after a large window section of
the aircraft blew out in mid-air.
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rest (w/photos)
https://www.kptv.com/2024/01/06/plane-window-blows-out-mid-air-makes-emergency-landing-portland-airport/

[Doug Elrod]

It ought to be called "The Goldfinger Effect", IMHO.  "Mythbusters" had an episode investigating a similar
phenomenon that can happen if you try to bounce off the glass wall of a skyscraper.  Moral: Don't do that! :-O

-Doug Elrod (dr...@cornell.edu)