B737-700
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 190; Flight Crew Type 15000
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Physiological - Other; Workload
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Aircraft
Captain's window opened and detached from aircraft during climbout. All checklists were completed; perhaps they were not completed in normal sequence due to severe noise associated with window detachment. Aircraft configuration was fulfilled after much consternation due to nearly nil communication due to wind noise and headset loss.
B737 Captain reported that the Captain's side window opened and became detached during climbout.