This is the moment a vulture crashed into a plane’s cockpit, forcing the pilot to perform an emergency landing with the dead bird hanging in front of him.
Footage taken mid-flight on the plane showed the dead bird’s carcass, covered in blood and ruffled feathers, hanging by its feet from the top of the windshield.
The pilot’s hair was buffeted by the wind coming in from a massive gap in the window.
The pilot, who was flying the plane to Eirunepe, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, on December 5 with five passengers onboard, was seen taxiing on the runway without further incident.
Photos taken after the plane landed showed an enormous hole on the left side of the plane’s windshield.
Blood can be seen spattered across the glass and metal, with one of the vulture’s wings keeping it in place.
Inside the place, large shards of glass can be seen on the dashboard.
The single-engine plane had reportedly taken off from Envira, also in Amazonas.
