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Candidate injured in plane crash on election day (Read 411 times)
May 6th, 2010 at 8:55am

Al_Fallujah   Ex Member

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Candidate and former UKIP leader was injured in a plane crash an hour after polls opened.

Appears they were towing a banner. There is some speculation that it snagged the aircraft in flight, but at this point it everything is speculation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/northamptonshire/8664260.stm
 
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Reply #1 - May 6th, 2010 at 1:00pm

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Anything for that last minute of attention before the election Grin

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Reply #2 - May 6th, 2010 at 2:51pm

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That bloody politician hurt an innocent aircraft.
On the plus side at least it got him a gooden too. Smiley
 
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Reply #3 - May 7th, 2010 at 8:09am

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They are very lucky... good thing those Wilgas are built sturdy.
 

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Reply #4 - May 7th, 2010 at 8:26am

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beaky wrote on May 7th, 2010 at 8:09am:
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They are very lucky... good thing those Wilgas are built sturdy.


...I think its amazing that it didn't catch fire, with tanks probably full of fuel, following take-off!

Extremely lucky!

Its seems to be very rare for an aircraft to not catch fire following a crash of that sort....

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Reply #5 - May 7th, 2010 at 11:47am

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Fozzer wrote on May 7th, 2010 at 8:26am:
beaky wrote on May 7th, 2010 at 8:09am:
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They are very lucky... good thing those Wilgas are built sturdy.


...I think its amazing that it didn't catch fire, with tanks probably full of fuel, following take-off!

Extremely lucky!

Its seems to be very rare for an aircraft to not catch fire following a crash of that sort....

Paul.



I believe that he was returning Fozzer, so the tanks would have been, well not full. An empty tank is in general more dangerous than a full one. Fumes explode, liquid burns, though either way it does not generally have a good outcome Embarrassed

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Reply #6 - May 8th, 2010 at 12:53pm

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Reply #7 - May 9th, 2010 at 8:27pm

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expat wrote on May 7th, 2010 at 11:47am:
Fozzer wrote on May 7th, 2010 at 8:26am:
beaky wrote on May 7th, 2010 at 8:09am:
Shocked
They are very lucky... good thing those Wilgas are built sturdy.


...I think its amazing that it didn't catch fire, with tanks probably full of fuel, following take-off!

Extremely lucky!

Its seems to be very rare for an aircraft to not catch fire following a crash of that sort....

Paul.



I believe that he was returning Fozzer, so the tanks would have been, well not full. An empty tank is in general more dangerous than a full one. Fumes explode, liquid burns, though either way it does not generally have a good outcome Embarrassed

Matt


I thought it said that it had just taken off, and was forced to return.
It looks like it nosed over, instead of breaking up totally, so maybe the tanks did not rupture.

Update on the pol:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8671210.stm

They expected trouble at the landing... Maybe the banner caught the landing gear? I have not heard anything.
 
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