After a mid-air the sensible action is to light a cigarette!
He clambered out, took a few paces, sat on the grassy mound that he had impacted a few seconds before, and lit up a cigarette (think he smoked the whole pack before help arrived.
Really clever... survive a crash, light a cigarette. Who knows, there may not be any spilled fuel to blow up where you throw the match.
I can understand the need to steady nerves and cope with all that adrenaline. But until you are in a safe area it isn't safe to light up.