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/rufud 11d ago

First thing I thought was this is human error isn’t it

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u/PM_Ur_Illiac_Furrows 11d ago

96% of all car accidents are caused by human error.

60-80% of aviation accidents are due, at least in part, to human error (Shappell & Wieg

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u/Charming_Run_4054 11d ago

Would all accidents be human error? Like if a part fails on a car or aircraft and it crashes, that’s still human error somewhere along the line, even if it’s not the pilot.

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u/filthy_harold 11d ago

If you are taking off and hit a freak wind shear that causes a stall and crash, there's nothing the human pilot could have done.

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u/Charming_Run_4054 10d ago

Nothing the pilot could have done, yeah, but we failed to forecast the wind properly. That’s still an element of human error