You probably don’t wanna watch this if you even have a tiny fear of flying. BUT! In the plane crash video realm, this one is fairly tame.
Also, repeated after me: “Air travel is the safest form of travel” 1,000 times. We good? OK.
Ferdinand Puentes happened to have his GoPro out, videoing his small plane’s Honolulu flight take-off, so the camera was handy when the engine failed two minutes into the flight and his plane take-off video quickly transformed into a plane crash video.
Fortunately, this happened in Hawaii and there was plenty of water to crash/splash down into.
What’s even more amazing than this first person video of a water landing is that all the passengers are so incredibly calm. Not even one little yelp during impact. I would have yelled, freaked out and emptied my bladder simultaneously.
[Side note: Someone may want to acquaint ABC’s Robin Roberts with the exact definition of the word “spiraling.”]
Of the nine passengers, there was only one fatality: Loretta Fuddy, Hawaii’s Health Director, who escaped the crash, but didn’t survive the ordeal in the water while waiting for help, which arrived about 1.5 hours later.
I’m glad you pointed out the issue with her using the word “spiralling” … ridiculous.
Why they are so calm???
I’d scream my heart out :)