On the subject of plane crashes; a lucky escape!

[Hammerwerfer]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_eas...

[AMCDan]

yeah. 5 months ago!

[Hammerwerfer]

It is current news though. The finding was that he didn't check his fuel load.

[10 Pence Short]

A friend of mine and his mate survived the tail falling off their microlight at over 1000 feet, and the resultant crash into trees at 150mph or so.

http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/Two-fr...

Very, very lucky escape.

Jim Martin was a pilot with the North West Air Ambulance, and before that had been the only survivor as pilot in a Chinook crash. One lucky guy.