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Sep 14^th, 2010 at 10:02am

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One very lucky glider pilot crawls away Shocked

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Reply #1 - Sep 14^th, 2010 at 11:03am

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Very lucky indeed. Nice series of shots too. I went to the show on the Saturday so didn't see the crash.

Shame the Mail is a tad late. This happened several weeks ago.

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Reply #2 - Sep 14^th, 2010 at 1:43pm

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As an emergency responder, he would have been much better off to remain in the aircraft until emergency workers could have stabilized him and removed him. Many people instinctively want to get up and out after a collision, but risk doing even more damage to their back and spinal cord by moving.

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Reply #3 - Sep 17^th, 2010 at 10:09am

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I fully agree with you, davysims.
This is an high energy accident, with great danger of CNS/Spinal injury..
So if he laid still and awaited the ambulance to immobolize him with a spineboard, then he would be more sure of no further damage.

Luckely nothing serious happened to him in this crash, but it could had been much worse! Lips Sealed

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Reply #4 - Sep 17^th, 2010 at 1:53pm

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Theis wrote on Sep 17^th, 2010 at 10:09am:

I fully agree with you, davysims.
This is an high energy accident, with great danger of CNS/Spinal injury..
So if he laid still and awaited the ambulance to immobolize him with a spineboard, then he would be more sure of no further damage.

Luckely nothing serious happened to him in this crash, but it could had been much worse! Lips Sealed

The fire department I am on had a vehicle accident a few years ago where they had to extricate the driver from a vehicle on its roof. They took every precaution and got the driver out. We later heard from the physician that they x-rayed the victim and found that if their neck had been deflected by less than half an inch, they could have been paralized. Many people don't realize after an high energy impact, that they could be that close to causing a lot more injury.

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Reply #5 - Sep 17^th, 2010 at 2:22pm

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DaveSims wrote on Sep 17^th, 2010 at 1:53pm:

Theis wrote on Sep 17^th, 2010 at 10:09am:

I fully agree with you, davysims.
This is an high energy accident, with great danger of CNS/Spinal injury..
So if he laid still and awaited the ambulance to immobolize him with a spineboard, then he would be more sure of no further damage.

Luckely nothing serious happened to him in this crash, but it could had been much worse! Lips Sealed

The fire department I am on had a vehicle accident a few years ago where they had to extricate the driver from a vehicle on its roof. They took every precaution and got the driver out. We later heard from the physician that they x-rayed the victim and found that if their neck had been deflected by less than half an inch, they could have been paralized. Many people don't realize after an high energy impact, that they could be that close to causing a lot more injury.

Like most people I'm sure the glider pilot is well aware of that. However, nobody can say what they would do in a similar situation until it happens to them. As you pointed out earlier, it's instinctive to want to get up & out after an accident. If this had been a powered aircraft instead of a glider there would have been a serious risk of fire in which case the instinct would be even stronger.

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