this is a gruesome topic, but did the lady go head first out the window?...I just can’t imagine how this could happen...
Yes, more or less. Quickly drawn that direction and probably slammed head heard on the way out, on the window frame or nearby. Mercifully never knew what hit her.
-- I just can't imagine how this could happen... --
Quirk of fate. Afterwards we can pretty well figure out the sequence of events. Clinically speaking, a flaw in blade eventually weakened it to point of breaking, parts of containment shroud didn't hold (I read that parts of the blade remained in the engine), something hit the window weakening to the point of catastrophic failure, and passenger (likely not belted to her seat) was pushed toward and through the widow by massive rush of air.
Horrible event, cherry. A cowboy and firefighter pulled the woman back in. The wife of one of those men was interviewed on TV and asked about that... how much of the body was affected. She said “half”.
Only her hips stopped her from being swept entirely out the window.