Pilot's miracle escape after tangle in high-voltage power lines
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Pilot's miracle escape after tangle in high-voltage power lines
Pictured: Pilot's miracle escape after tangle in high-voltage power lines | Mail Online
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BBC NEWS | World | Plane hits power lines
looks like lucky escape.
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BBC NEWS | World | Plane hits power lines
looks like lucky escape.
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light aircraft in power lines in Germany
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Lets call this Power landing
Very lucky individuals. This is what we call "Power Landing" with a happy end.
According to a German media source, the 65 year old pilot have decided to quit flying. Well, I'm not sure, if that is a good decision. But then, for sure, they were very lucky. The plane stroke a 300000 volt power line. You could imagine, what could have happen, had it been they took a hit.
Anyway, we have a happy end here. However though, the pilot will have to pay a huge bill for this rescue and power cut.
I wish them all the best.
WP
According to a German media source, the 65 year old pilot have decided to quit flying. Well, I'm not sure, if that is a good decision. But then, for sure, they were very lucky. The plane stroke a 300000 volt power line. You could imagine, what could have happen, had it been they took a hit.
Anyway, we have a happy end here. However though, the pilot will have to pay a huge bill for this rescue and power cut.
I wish them all the best.
WP
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First Europa on fly by wire then..........
Two hours inverted with just the wife for company.........
It's that thin top bracing wire that gets them every time........
Glad they made it down. Had they been flying the mono Europa it might have been a different story.
Two hours inverted with just the wife for company.........
It's that thin top bracing wire that gets them every time........
Glad they made it down. Had they been flying the mono Europa it might have been a different story.
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Can these hours, suspended from the ground, be logged?
Thankfully they were okay. Not everyone has been so lucky in incidents such as this one.
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The thin top bracing wire is, strangely enough, the earth wire! But they weren't earthed otherwise there would be a hole in the ground! But they must have been earthed to avoid the 44,000 volts. Confused...you bet.
How heavy is a Europa? What's the breaking strain on an earth wire?
How heavy is a Europa? What's the breaking strain on an earth wire?
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hanging by a thread.
The breaking strain of that earth wire is obviously more than the top of the tower, which looks to have crippled and curled right over.
The earth wire appears to have been dragged near, or, into contact with the top phase conductor, so the circuit would (should !) have tripped immediately. The sequence of events after that depends on the type of protection equipment at source.
The earth wire appears to have been dragged near, or, into contact with the top phase conductor, so the circuit would (should !) have tripped immediately. The sequence of events after that depends on the type of protection equipment at source.
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Whiskey Papa asked...
"How heavy is a Europa? What's the breaking strain on an earth wire?"
Aviate adds....
What would have happened if the earthwire/lightning conductor support tower
had not bent, would the cable have snapped and thereby caused two fatalities?
Bit like a flexible fishing rod tip, a 2 pound line and landing a 7 pound fish.
They were v. lucky IMHO
EASA, as a result of this accident is asking for all kit built aircraft to have cable cutters fitted! Well they might!
"How heavy is a Europa? What's the breaking strain on an earth wire?"
Aviate adds....
What would have happened if the earthwire/lightning conductor support tower
had not bent, would the cable have snapped and thereby caused two fatalities?
Bit like a flexible fishing rod tip, a 2 pound line and landing a 7 pound fish.
They were v. lucky IMHO
EASA, as a result of this accident is asking for all kit built aircraft to have cable cutters fitted! Well they might!
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Neither "luck" nor "a miracle" had anything to do with it 
Poor flying to get tangled up in the first place.
Simple physics to explain why the cable didn't snap or electrocution result.
Poor flying to get tangled up in the first place.
Simple physics to explain why the cable didn't snap or electrocution result.
