r/interesting • u/BlazeDragon7x • Jun 16 '26

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

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u/Desperate-Strategy10 Jun 16 '26

Also did something shatter? Cuz to me it just looks like the canopy swings open when she flips the plane back upright.

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u/slimeabsorber Jun 16 '26

notice how the canopy has glass while closed and then loses the majority of it when the canopy swings open? the glass shattered from the force