A YouTube video widely derided as a pilot faking an engine failure so he could bail out of his stricken airplane was in fact caused by a little appreciated hazard of being accidentally sucked out of the airplane when a door comes open. In this week’s Best of the Web video, crack aviation investigator Bryan Turner gets to the bottom of this tragic event and surely hundreds of lives will be saved as a result. As he points out, it can happen in cars, too. Even your house.
Best Of The Web: Pilot Sucked Out Of Airplane
Key Takeaways:
- A viral YouTube video, initially believed to show a pilot faking an engine failure to bail out, was actually a tragic incident where the pilot was accidentally sucked out of the plane when a door opened.
- Aviation investigator Bryan Turner uncovered the true cause, identifying this "accidental egress" as a significant, though underappreciated, hazard.
- Turner emphasizes that this type of hazard, being accidentally sucked out, is not exclusive to airplanes but can also occur in other environments like cars and even houses.
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