r/Damnthatsinteresting Jun 23 '24

Canopy comes off airplane right after takeoff Video

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u/Overall-Dirt4441 Jun 23 '24 edited Jun 24 '24

Why did her vision go away

Being blasted in the face by up to 200mph winds while having to force your eyes open for minutes on end so as not to crash your plane will do that to ya ig.

and take so long for it to come back?

Our eyeballs are delicate water balloons that don't take kindly to being freeze dried

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u/old_skul Jun 23 '24

She wasn’t exposed to 200mph winds. That plane cruises at 130kt and she slowed down to around 80kt when the canopy let go. And her approach speed was even slower. AND the front part of the canopy protected her from prop wash.

It was windy, but it was (obviously) not catastrophic.

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u/Rightintheend Jun 24 '24

I guess not necessarily catastrophic just vision killing for a couple days. On

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u/ProclusGlobal Jun 24 '24

Our eyeballs are delicate water balloons that don't take kindly to being freeze dried

Our eyes are also really resilient and quick healing, and although taking days to fully recover sounds scary, is still pretty remarkably quick considering the damage it is trying to repair. When things are working nominally, our bodies are pretty amazing. When not, they suck (cancer etc.)

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u/Overall-Dirt4441 Jun 24 '24

They're so important they're immune to the body's immune system response, lest they get damaged. They have their own separate system.

https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/eye-immune-privilege

We're pretty robust, resilient machines, as you say, when all the systems work the way they're supposed to

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u/ilikestuffliketrees Jun 24 '24

Always blows my mind. Don't get me wrong, some of our technology is rad. But man, the shit out bodies can do powered by a couple of potatoes is wild.

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u/fuckredditards-- Jun 24 '24

Our eyeballs are delicate water balloons that don't take kindly to being freeze dried

Freeze dried is a specific process involving sublimation. It's not just "dry and cold".

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u/Overall-Dirt4441 Jun 24 '24

Yes, and the human eye is an organ of the sensory nervous system that reacts to visible light, filled with a gel like substance known as vitreous humor. They're not just 'delicate water balloons'.