The use of the highlighted expression “against all odds” (l. 32) means the pilot’s survival after the accident was:

A British Airways Pilot Was Sucked Out of An Airplane

Natalie Musumenci

(Available at: https://www.businessinsider.com/british-airways-pilot-sucked-out-plane-mid-flight-survived2024-1 – text specially adapted for this test).

*Windscreen panel: it is the glass window at the front of the plane through which the pilots look.

*Cockpit: the front part of the plane where the pilot sits.

(Available at: www.collinsdictionary.com).