Plane horror as propeller smashes through WINDOW after hitting bird leaving passengers terrified

A PROPELLER smashed through the window of a plane after it hit a bird terrifying onboard passengers. The bird hit the engine with such force that the propeller went straight through the cabin hitting the opposite side of the aircraft. The wooden propeller splintered across the plane TwitterIt jabbed through the plane wall and across the seats of the cabin[/caption] TwitterThe incident left splinters of wood and ripped seats[/caption] TwitterThe bird hit the engine with such force that the blade split completely off[/caption] The model, a Jetstream JS-4, was approaching Venetia Mine in South Africa when the bird struck the propeller on the right hand side. The blade snapped off from the hub, penetrating the sidewall of the aircraft and causing damage even on the inside of the cabin. In what could have been a horrific accident, the blade went straight into a areas with seats – miraculously unoccupied. Its force and trajectory saw it hurtle across the cabin and smash into the passenger window, destroying the window pane on the opposite side of the fuselage. Most read in The Sun NEW TEST Major change to Covid tests CONFIRMED as PCR scrapped for people with no symptoms MENDY MOVE Rape charge star Mendy switched to one of UK's roughest jails over safety fears DO YOUR BIT 5 important things you should do NOW to help Britain beat Covid, says Boris 'RIDE IT OUT Boris says NO lockdown & 'it's far from over but we CAN live with it' GO WITH THE FLOW 100k critical workers will get priority access to Covid tests, PM reveals STILL GOING STRONG Boy dubbed ‘world’s strongest kid’ looks unrecognisable as teen 13yrs on The debris created from the propeller shows splinters of wood across the cabin. Amazingly, the no one was hurt and the plane landed safely. The Johannesburg airline, Airlink, issued a statement saying: “Yesterday an Airlink Jetstream 41 aircraft operating a private charter flight struck a large bird upon landing at Venetia airfield. “None of the passengers or crew were injured although the aircraft sustained substantial damage. “In compliance with aviation protocols and regulations, the occurrence was reported to the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) which will conduct an investigation. “The aircraft remains at Venetia airfield pending the SACAA’s inspection and a full damage assessment.” In another lucky fluke incident, a girl was sucked out of a plane, strapped to chair, and survived the two-mile fall. Juliane Keopcke was travelling with her mother Mariato on Christmas Eve, 1971, when their plane was damaged, causing her to fall nearly two miles to the ground. Just hours after her high school graduation, the 17 year old and her mother boarded a flight from Lima, the capital of Peru, to Pucallpa in the Amazonian rainforest. When the plane was struck by lightening the plane nosedived and she was sucked out of the aircraft only waking up a day later on the jungle floor.