July 3
SAO PAULO, Brazil - A Brazilian pilot managed to land a medical airlift plane safely after it collided with two vultures, shattering the cockpit window and sending glass shards into his eye.

William Pereira Fraga, 22, took off Sunday in a twin-engine plane from a Sao Paulo airport after dropping off a patient.

The plane was at an altitude of 1,300 metres (4,265 feet) when it collided with the large birds.

"One hit the fuselage and the other smashed into the cockpit window, shattering it," Santos said.

Glass fragments pierced Fraga's left eye, partially blinding him but he was able to set the plane down 15 minutes later at a small airport. Santos said a doctor and a nurse who were also on the plane administered first aid to the pilot before the landing.

Fraga had surgery before returning to his home in central Brazil.
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Glass in his eye and he still landed safely? damn thats luck

Not luck. Skills!

Omg. That must have been a scary exprience!

Hats off to the pilot for keeping his cool and landing safely. Hopefully he will recover his vision.

its something they dont teach at school..!

does anyone care about the birds?

Oh man....scary

Hope he was a full and speedy recovery.

Nope.

At one AF base I was at they use these large horns to scare the birds off the runway then the birds are so stupid they get used to that noise and still hang out. They can get sucked up into the engine and the AF was trying hard not to have that happen w/o harming the birds but they're too dumb to realize that.

They were vultures!!

Do you realize how much it costs to fix planes after a bird strike??

And that guys EYE!

Besides, chicken and turkey are good.

LOL

well it comes down to losing one eye, or your life.. i think most people would have landed the plane safely