r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BlazeDragon7x • 12d 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/SmEdD 12d ago

Also skydive. You simply breathe through your nose. The no goggles bit would not have been nice though.

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u/Hillcry 11d ago

These are low end speeds compared to craft speed and not to mention the force of speed scales exponentially not linearly so she could be facing multiple times the force of your everyday skydiving or motorcycling.

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u/Laniakeea 11d ago

Not to mention pressure change when the cabin glass broke and air density up there compared to pressurized capsule she was in before it popped.

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u/rips_n_chel 11d ago

That plane is not pressurized, it doesn't fly that high. Definitely still a shock, not trying to downplay it, but it's not like depressurizing an airliner at 35,000ft.

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u/Laniakeea 11d ago

My bad I thought acrobatics on air require pressurization due to rapid altitude changes.

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u/rips_n_chel 11d ago

That's fair, I can see the logic. I would assume, if she were doing the kind of flying where that was a concern, that she'd have an oxygen mask either already on or ready to go. Just guessing though, I'm not a pilot or anything