Board Thread:Unanswered Questions/@comment-3522837-20150516070548/@comment-26164607-20150516231652

SlyCooperFan1 wrote: Maybe you guys should rewatch that sequence... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgZ3lHsXruk&t=7m40s Yeah, Pixy's laser does seem to hit the back of PJ's aircraft, the engine, rather than the cockpit. I think there's enough of an opportunity for him to eject. And yeah, I do think Pixy was just trying to eliminate PJ so he could have his duel with Cipher, a la "Kill the spare" from the 4th Harry Potter movie. If we can assume how hot the laser would be, if we could see the video again, PJ's plane ended up in smoke, not completely engulfed in flames. If the laser was hot enough, it would have ignited the fuel tanks.

By where the laser hit, I would think close to the air intake and the laser has a somewhat decreased temperature if we user real-life physics. Avalon Dam was in the winter season so the laser would have a slight reduction in damage.