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>>tafda+(OP)
The strange thing about it was that the video was so odd.

Dude was filming himself flying, the engine stops… and all of a sudden he decides to bail out.

No effort to do anything, he just bails out.

I don’t know why he thought his video would even seem realistic.

>>duxup+V7
Well he had no choice, if you want to jump safely, you need some height, which is contradictory with trying to land the plane (it’s actually a bit of a problem for planes with a parachute basically you can’t try to save the plane)

I don’t think he could have been realistic in a single take.

>>nrayna+9f1
I think there was in fact room to make the video seem more realistic and still jump safely. But I agree general:

I think he was at a weird intersection where doing all the things he "should" have in the case of an actual engine failure, (try to restart it, make a radio call, try to land (there were plenty of options to land)) and somehow faking that none of those worked / were not sufficient .... would also have introduced a lot of variables he couldn't control / still resulted in a video that didn't look right / raised more suspicious.

Of course the issue ultimately was that doing none of those things was suspicious too... and you have to hide the evidence that your plane was in fact fully functional ...

Turns out it isn't an easy thing to fake.

>>duxup+DF1
As an aside, an actual engine failure and landing from a student pilot : https://youtu.be/PTrLxkVOShg

>>shagie+MZ1
He handled that really well!