Cardiff Light Aircraft Down

[pipertommy]

Any news how the pilot is after the light aircraft incident yesterday evening? Engine failed on climb out, came down to the north east of the field.

[SACrIGGER]

Reports that the pilot and aircraft are both fine

[pipertommy]

Great piece of flying!! Well done:ok:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_campaign=Wales_email_newsam%3A20080908%26headline=pilot-in-emergency-landing%26method=full%26objectid=21698698%26siteid=91466-name_page.html?campaign=Wales%5Femail%5Fnewsam%3A20080908
Shows how important those PLF`s are.

[flybymike]

The PFLs as well...;)

[pipertommy]

OOP`s long night shift:zzz:
Cheers

[jetboyjim]

Is it not just a FL as it was not a practice??

Well done.

Practice makes perfect

[GHNRY]

jbj

It's the PFLs that improve the chance of a good FL

GHNRY

[Pace]

And a good element of luck :-)

Pace

[pipertommy]

Alright, sorry PFL or engine out :D

[Sir George Cayley]

Every landing you can walk away from is a good one:ok:

Just ake sure your tie is straight, your hair combed back in place and all debris dusted off your trousers.

Natch!

Sir George Cayley

[corsair]

Dear Gerry, Thank you for your article concerning the near disastrous plane crash at Cardiff airport. Unfortunately, I cannot publish the article as written and am forced to edit it into a more readable article. I think you failed to grasp how dangerous this incident was to the people of Cardiff and South Wales. I would suggest that if you wish to further you career as a journalist then you should take note of my edit and in future use it as a template.

Sadly though, this will be with another publication as I cannot afford to employ a journalist whose work I need to edit so extensively.
Good luck in your future career as a signwriter.

Regards

The Editor

Pilot in Death Plunge Terror
Sep 8 2008 by Gerry Holt, Western Mail

A amateur PILOT and his sobbing passenger was lucky to escape alive after spiralling to the ground in a terrifying plunge after nearly hitting Cardiff's airport terminal in the process. Hundreds of holidaymakers were gathered there waiting for their flights. A passenger, Mary Jones, who witnessed the near disaster told us 'From the airport bar, we could see the little plane flying round for a while, all over the sky. It headed in to land several times but the pilot seemed to be in trouble. Every time he touched the runway, he zoomed back into the air again. We knew something was up, straightaway. Then it dropped suddenly and seemed to head straight at us. Everyone was screaming and crying. Luckily at the last minute, it swerved and hit the ground not far from the airport. We were all so lucky.'

It is believed the pilot hit the ground after all the engines of his small plane, a Robin 2008, cut out. Eyewitnesses saw smoke pouring from the stricken plane as it dived towards the ground, narrowly missing a school and a bus load of holidaymakers on the way to the airport. One man told me how he could see the passenger looking terrified as it dived low to the ground at about 250 miles an hour.

The amateur pilot, a member of the Cardiff Flying Club, is believed to have made several attempts to land at Cardiff International Airport. But failed each time to stop on the runway. Then on the final attempt the plane plunged to Earth about a mile from the airport in a field just short of runway one two two, narrowly missing a KLM jumbo jet with 450 passengers on board that was waiting to take off. A landing BMIbaby jet from Glasgow was forced to overshoot it's landing while passengers gasped and cried in horror at the near miss.

Local emergency services, as well as the airport fire crew, declared a full emergency and rushed to the crash scene. Local hospitals were put on full alert for mass casualties. Luckily they were not needed. After the crash, the airport was closed for about two hours and delays were caused all over the UK and Europe. It later reopened and flights continued as normal.

The aircraft last night remained at the crash site and South Wales Police officers were also called who impounded the wreckage for a full investigation. The pilot was questioned and breath tested. CAA investigators were called to scene and set up an incident room.

Airport public relations manager Cassie Harwood-Munton confirmed last night that the pilot had supposed to be practising landings and had hit the ground during one of these maneouvres. When questioned as to why an aircraft like this with an amateur pilot was allowed to fly near built up areas and perilously close to holiday jets, full of hundreds of passengers she said:

“We have no choice, the CAA allows this to happen. We have been lobbying for years to ban these activities near airports. But there is nothing we can do. Next time hundreds could be killed,” she said.

[jxc]

I think you missed the bit about the nuclear bomb that nearly went off that the pilot was carrying and so nearly the end of the world :E

[christimson]

Fantastic report! :D:D:D

Made me smile.

[ExSp33db1rd]

.........He landed about a mile from the airport in a field just short of runway one to two,


????????? from the 'real' report

[ecureilx]

"Airport public relations manager Cassie Harwood-Munton confirmed last night that the pilot had supposed to be practising landings and had hit the ground during one of these maneouvres. When questioned as to why an aircraft like this with an amateur pilot was allowed to fly near built up areas and perilously close to holiday jets, full of hundreds of passengers she said:

“We have no choice, the CAA allows this to happen. We have been lobbying for years to ban these activities near airports. But there is nothing we can do. Next time hundreds could be killed,” she said."


:bored: wouldn't it be better to ban the hordes of holiday travellers, and the holiday jets who put them through a cramped seating, and create more misery ?? Instead of banning the ameteur pilots - who will end up flying the holiday jets, once they obtain their CPL ? :ouch: :ouch:

For all the interest I have in Aviation, I can figure out how a two seater can kill a hundred or more ..

Coat, umbrella, now running for cover .. :E :E

[Runaway Gun]

Brilliant work Corsair :)

Unfortunately, this is exactly the kind of sensationalist cr@p report that is often published...

[Will Hung]

One man told me how he could see the passenger looking terrified

Very good Corsair, very good !! :D:D

[mothflyer]

Crying in to my morning tea... (with laughter)! How horribly near to what bull***t gets published sometimes.

Well done to the chap for getting them both on the ground unhurt and for restraining the terrified pax!

Write a follow-up... :ok:

[coineach]

“We have no choice, the CAA allows this to happen. We have been lobbying for years to ban these activities near airports. But there is nothing we can do. Next time hundreds could be killed,” she said."

What a stupid BERK she is. Obviously never set foot in an aircraft in her life, let alone in a cockpit. People like her should be restricted to travelling in busses!!!

How may I ask are all these "would be" civil pilots who ultimately fly Jumbo jets learn how to fly?? In a simulator??? Would ANYONE want to go on holiday knowing the pilot of the aircraft that you were flying in had only just graduated from learning to fly on a home PC running Microsoft Pilot???

JEEEWHIZZZZZ, dear, GET A LIFE !!!!! :}

[vanHorck]

Cassie wouldn t have a job without trained pilots.... what a pratt!

As for the Cardiff reporter...... go back to your sheep!

[Mariner9]

I see the last couple of contributors to this thread have made a minor footnote in the news :ok:

Outrage at Spokespersons remarks.

Private Pilots on a well known website are outraged over remarks attributed to Cardiff Airport's Spokeswoman following a near fatal plunge of a Robin Reliant light aircraft.

One contributor from Holland worried that the Pratt & Witney engine from the aircraft had crash landed dangerously near to some sheep.

Yet another alleged that pilots who fly jumbo jets should stick to driving busses, and another was so concerned that he spilt his tea while reading the report.

PS Chaps - you might want to read the original report rather than Corsair's excellent spoof ;)

[AfricanEagle]

Corsair,

brilliant, but a big mistake. :)

Now all the journalists that read this forum have an already written article they can copy for the next minor flight incident ;)

[vanHorck]

i give in

I ll call myself Witney from now.... to avoid the other name

Always liked British humor...., well done!

:ugh:

:O

[ecureilx]

it took a while for me to figure the spoof :mad:

by that time, I was already on the run ...

sorry, didnt stop by to award corsair the 'pulitzer' award :D:D

Did the amended copy, by any chance, get copied by any newspapers ??? :E

[simon6361]

exellent landing,they both walked away,what more can be said,can i have the skymap from the robin? lol:)

[waldopepper42]

Ahh but Corsair forgot to mention that the horrifying death plunge occurred just a few hundred miles from the site of the Large Hadron Collider being switched on in Geneva, thus endangering not just the whole planet but the entire known universe. The death toll could have been infinite.....

Shame on you Corsair for missing this vital information!!!!!

:ok::ok:

[Val d'Isere]

I very concerned that sheep were endangered.

That should be reported to the BAA.

[DeeCee]

BAA, ha ha like it!

Maybe we should create an award for the most inaccurate article, with extra points for repeating the common phraseology i.e. Avoided School, Plummeted etc. I think that I will start a thread on this.

[rsutt1]

Only just read this thread, hillarious spoof article, Well Done!

I know the pilot so I'll pass it on!

RS

[Chequeredflag]

Now that's more like it!!