Summary

Sheer panic. That's how one pilot describes the moments after the window of his plane exploded in mid air. It all happened on Saturday afternoon on his way into Page Field Airport in Fort Myers. Rob Weber was flying at 170 mph when a bird crashed through his window. In a split second, the window was gone – blood was everywhere. Weber radioed for an emergency, and caught it all on camera. In the 11 years Weber has been flying he says only twice has he called "mayday." "You're sitting there waiting for a bird to come in. Never did see him. All of the sudden the window just explodes. I don't know if he was diving or what happened when I got him," said Weber. Alone and more than 1,000 feet of the ground, Weber says all he could do was hold on tight and fly his plane. A bird crashed into the front of his single-engine aircraft – leaving him with a broken window and a cut on his forehead. The video is all he needs to know he is one lucky pilot. Firefighters rushed out to Page Field to make sure Weber was okay; and he is. Weber is just bummed he now has to replace a broken window.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 344443
Story Slug JUST PLANE SCARY 2014
Location FLORIDA
Format DASHCAM
Date 2-22-2014
Archive Time 72:00
TRT 7:03
Video Description AMAZING QUALITY FOOTAGE LOOKING OUT OF A PLANE’S COCKPIT WINDOW, COLOR WITH AUDIO, POV OF PLANE, DASHCAM FROM PLANE, ABOUT 2 MINUTES INTO VIDEO, A BIRD STRIKES THE COCKPIT WINDSHIELD AND BREAKS IT OUT, GLASS GOES FLYING, WE CAN STILL HEAR AUDIO BETWEEN PILOT AND CONTROL TOWER BUT IT’S MUFFLED SOMEWHAT, AT ONE POINT WE SEE A BLOODY HAND CUT FROM THE GLASS, HE LANDS THE PLANE, WE HEAR CONTROL SAYING FIRETRUCKS ON ARE THE WAY, CONTROL SAYS “HOW DID YOU STAY SO CALM?”, PLANE IS SHUT OFF, WE SEE FIRETRUCK ARRIVING, MAN SIGHS RELIEF
Description Sheer panic. That's how one pilot describes the moments after the window of his plane exploded in mid air. It all happened on Saturday afternoon on his way into Page Field Airport in Fort Myers. Rob Weber was flying at 170 mph when a bird crashed through his window. In a split second, the window was gone – blood was everywhere. Weber radioed for an emergency, and caught it all on camera. In the 11 years Weber has been flying he says only twice has he called "mayday." "You're sitting there waiting for a bird to come in. Never did see him. All of the sudden the window just explodes. I don't know if he was diving or what happened when I got him," said Weber. Alone and more than 1,000 feet of the ground, Weber says all he could do was hold on tight and fly his plane. A bird crashed into the front of his single-engine aircraft – leaving him with a broken window and a cut on his forehead. The video is all he needs to know he is one lucky pilot. Firefighters rushed out to Page Field to make sure Weber was okay; and he is. Weber is just bummed he now has to replace a broken window.
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Keywords

CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
CCTV
SURVEILLANCE
POV
PLANE
AIRPLANE
SCARY
FRIGHTENING
BIRD
STRIKE
LUCKY TO BE ALIVE
I SURVIVED
ACCIDENT
AIRCRAFT
NEAR MISS
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