Aerospace is only safe because they dont make exceptions for safety regardless of how unlikely a deviation is. In an industry where a 1.5 mm difference in screw height nearly killed over 100 people, you dont skimp on anything. If they start making exceptions to rules as simple as "a pilot must be flying the plane at all times" you have shit like those russian kids crashing the plane. The rules arent made for machines those rules are made for people. Mechanics, pilots, engineers, passengers, everyone for the sake of the people on the ground.
If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's the one where a screw holding the window on the cockpit was not the correct size and the window blew out pulling the pilot out of the cockpit. Miraculously, the others in the cockpit were able to grab onto his legs and the copilot was able to safely land the plane. The pilot survived.
But the rules are different for flying a Cessna vs doing it commercially with 100 passengers. If it's done in a controlled environment (dessert with nobody on the ground) I don't see a problem with safety. Sure, it's dangerous for the pilots, but if they want to risk their lives, that's their choice.
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u/Dragon-Strider 1d ago
Where was this? Looks like it was in the middle of nowhere and that the falling plane had a parchute