Pilot gets 'sucked halfway out' of cockpit when windshield shatters

Yep: It sounds like something out of a disaster movie, but this actually happened.

On Monday, Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8633, travelling from Chongqing, China to Lhasa, Tibet, was forced to make an emergency landing after a part of the windshield blew mid-flight.

"There was no warning sign," Captain Liu Chuanjian was quoted as saying by Reuters. "Suddenly, the windshield just cracked and made a loud bang. The next thing I know, my co-pilot had been sucked halfway out of the window.”

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“Everything in the cockpit was floating in the air.," the Captain continued. "Most of the equipment malfunctioned ... and I couldn’t hear the radio. The plane was shaking so hard I could not read the gauges."

Despite the nightmarish conditions, he was able to make an emergency landing in Chengdu, China. The co-pilot suffered minor injuries after being pulled back in, and no passengers were injured.

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Mashable has reached out to Sichuan Airlines for comment.