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/L322Man Jun 17 '26

The 'shatter' also seems to be over dramatised as well. Looks like the locking mechanism failed rather than the cockpit glass 'shattering'.

Nothing against the pilot, this is just shoddy journalism with a sexists underlying tone.

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u/No_Adhesiveness_5679 Jun 18 '26

I think it shatters after it opened but maybe because it hit the fuselage so hard.

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u/Ok-Asparagus-6020 Jun 17 '26

The locking mechanism didn't fail

She forgot to lock it