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Why do plane windows break?
Aircraft windows are usually made of strong acrylic, not glass, and have multiple layers to maintain cabin pressure. A rare failure at 20,000ft, as happened to Ljubisa Karovic, would be extremely serious. Modern planes are designed with safety redundancies, so such incidents are investigated thoroughly to understand the cause and prevent future occurrences.
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