They nearly needed to face the music.
A Brazilian band’s plane ride turned catastrophic after the door burst open mid-flight, forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing. A Twitter of the nightmare at 30,000 feet currently boasts nearly 100,000 views.
The near-calamity occurred last week just half-hour after the plane departed from Sao Luis en path to Salvador city, in response to local outlet Portal O Informante.
The medium-bodied jet was transporting band members of the Brazilian singer-songwriter Tierry after the group had performed “a show attended by 1000’s of individuals.”
Tierry, the frontman, meanwhile, was not on board as he’d flown out on a distinct flight ahead of his bandmates.
Disaster struck after the fuselage opened up while the plane was within the air.
Within the frightening footage, Tierry’s bandmates — who sat remarkably calm through the whole ordeal — might be seen within the cabin with the door wide open just like the immortal near-crash landing scene from Cameron Crowe’s 2000 classic “Almost Famous.”
Faced with the potential disaster, the pilot decided to show the flight around and make an emergency landing back at Hugo da Cunha Machado airport in Sao Luis.
Shortly after arrival, medics got here aboard and checked on the passengers, who thankfully didn’t suffer any injuries through the inadvertent open-air plane flight.
Tierry’s band, meanwhile, returned to their hotel, presumably relieved to not have joined the long list of famous bands to perish via plane crash.
Authorities are currently investigating what caused the door to burst open post-takeoff.
Unfortunately, not all mid-flight hatch openings have been the results of technical issues.
In a now-notorious incident in May, a passenger on an Asiana Airlines flight opened the emergency exit minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday because he “desired to get off the plane quickly.”
