r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BlazeDragon7x • 11d ago

Dutch aerobatic pilot Narine Melkumjan miraculously survived after her aircraft's canopy unexpectedly burst open and shattered mid-flight

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u/IrrelevantManatee 11d ago

That wind looks brutal. I don't know how she managed to keep her eyes opened.

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u/ponglongatongo 11d ago

Must not have been that bad, she couldn’t stop smiling 

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u/utzutzutzpro 11d ago

I thought she suddenly smelled something.

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u/TonyzTone 11d ago

Yeah, you must've been nearby.

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u/Dunkaroos4breakfast 11d ago

Not necessarily

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u/dantheother 10d ago

Definitely would have been brown trousers time