Watch: passenger opens a tiny plane window to take a photo, camera flies right out
Feb 16, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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When you fly by airplane, bringing the camera with you is a must. How else would you capture magnificent aerial scenes on such height? But would you ever say you could lose a camera through an airplane window? I thought it was impossible, but then I saw this video. It’s only a bit heartbreaking, but most of all – it’s pretty hilarious.
After I stopped laughing, I tried to figure out what on Earth exactly happened here. I suppose the passenger didn’t count on the pressure and air flow. So, he casually took the camera and held it with four fingers. I hold the camera strap around my wrist even while taking photos in the street, so I’m amazed that this guy didn’t do it in a situation like this.
It’s a bit heartbreaking that he lost the camera in a matter of seconds, but I suppose that’s the price you pay for not being cautious. I think he also realized that, considering his “Meh, screw it” hand movement at the end of the video. But hey, who knows, maybe he serves as an inspiration for a new sequel of “The Gods Must Be Crazy”. I’d sure love to see that.
[via Reddit]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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12 responses to “Watch: passenger opens a tiny plane window to take a photo, camera flies right out”
Never known aircraft Windows to open!!!! Have you?
There are tiny holes in airplane windows for pressure regulation. But I didn’t know something like this existed, neither. And if anyone knows what it is for, I’d appreciate if they shared the info. :)
It serves the same purpose as the windows on a car. It can get really hot in those planes, especially on the ground (they often don’t have air conditioning), so those windows come in really handy. Pressurization isn’t really an issue for the altitude most of these smaller planes typically cruise at. Most of them have tiny windows or canopies that you can crack open to get some air circulating in the cockpit. Some planes (especially during the WWI era) don’t even have canopies. It’s all just one big open window!
I assumed pressurization isn’t much of an issue in these airplanes, as they don’t fly as high as huge passenger airplanes. Bit I didn’t know about the big open windows, wow! :)
It’s small private plane, like a Cesna. Not meant to travel at hights where oxygen and pressure would be a problem
In the video it’s a small aircraft (not a commercial jet as the photo leads you to believe), and the window did indeed have a small hatch that opens and closes.
Exactly. Much lower altitude. “Opening a window” on a pressurized commercial airline would have pretty serious consequences ?
This reminded me of a Bugs Bunny cartoon. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1xqrdtJs8w
Hope it didn’t bean anyone when it hit ground. It looked as if it was a compact point and shoot.
If they thought the Coke bottle was from the gods I don’t know what they would think of the camera. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/45acd99766a23a3f70640c9014190f8230047e65ca67f61876f53c1f1d015e3e.jpg
I’d sure love to see that. Imagine them taking a selfie. :)
The first time I flew in a (doorless) helicopter, I leaned out to take a photo. Stick your head out a car window at 80MPH if you want to know what it was like. In the air, it’s difficult to grasp how fast you’re really going.