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I believe the word "suck" was used correctly.

The distinction in use between 'blow' and 'suck' seems to be the direction of travel.

If items are moving away from some centralized point in random directions, we refer to them as being 'blown'. As in blown up.

If items are moving TOWARDS a single point, we refer to them as being sucked.

As all the items in the plane -- including the poor passenger -- were momentarily being impelled towards a single point (the window), the use of 'suck' is appropriate.




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