Grand Theft Auto 5 offers an incredible opportunity for vehicle stunts, and sometimes they can even happen accidentally, like when Reddit user Jai-II-S006 was flying his plane over Los Santos.
The fun ride was on the brink of catastrophe after a missile alert went off, but the gods of GTA Online they must have smiled at the player, since miraculously, the plane and the pilot were unharmed.
The player posted his video online, which began by showing a fairly uneventful flight over Los Santos International Airport. However, he is soon interrupted by an approaching missile and the beeping signal that the guided missile has locked onto the plane.
Fortunately, perhaps due to quick reflexes or luck or both, the anti-aircraft missile never seems to hit the plane. So this unintentional feat had a happy ending, at least from what the video shows.
As the missile approaches, the pilot turns the plane around, a military jet called the Mammoth Hydra that is among the most expensive things in GTA Online, priced at nearly $4 million. Thanks to the speed of the jet plane, it manages to perfectly match the speed of the guided missile, creating a comical chase.
The pilot turns the plane sharply all the time and manages to avoid contact. The missile appears to come within inches of the plane, but does not explode. Instead, the missile runs out of power about ten seconds later and goes off course before exploding above Los Santos International Airport, leaving the lucky player and their expensive military plane unscathed.
Although turning and trying to avoid the missile could have helped avoid certain death, the shooter’s failure to choose to self-detonate the missile definitely saved the pilot’s life.