Plane Crash At Gloucester Airport
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Plane Crash At Gloucester Airport
A sirrus aircraft crashed on takeoff from Staverton this afternoon believed to be an engine failiure the aircraft ended up in a field aprox 1500 metres from the end of the runway having just cleared the M5 two people got out and the air ambulance attended
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Hmm, not good:
Reported here: BBC NEWS | England | Gloucestershire | Man badly injured in plane crash
Reported here: BBC NEWS | England | Gloucestershire | Man badly injured in plane crash
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My thoughts and prayers are with them and their families, hoping they both fully recover. I was doing circuits at the time and heard the Mayday call/saw the downed plane 
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1 Pilot ok and one with some back injuries that will take some time to recover from. It was an EFATO. This info is from one of the Pilots on-board whom I know personally.
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CFG,
Long time no speak. I can only speak for the pilot that I know, and he is not from around here. The other person on-board may have been. If you can forward me some details, I can find out for you.
Dom
Long time no speak. I can only speak for the pilot that I know, and he is not from around here. The other person on-board may have been. If you can forward me some details, I can find out for you.
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I hope both on board are OK. Having seen the ITV news last night my first thought was well done, an EFATO handled extremely well. 
However within a few minutes my blood was boiling as the news numpty kept on about how close they were to the M5 and how narrowly a massive catastrophe had been avoided and how much carnage would have occurred if they'd have crashed onto the rush hour traffic on the packed carriage way. The only thing they didn't mention was the convoy of sick children and singing nuns that the pilot manfully avoided.
However within a few minutes my blood was boiling as the news numpty kept on about how close they were to the M5 and how narrowly a massive catastrophe had been avoided and how much carnage would have occurred if they'd have crashed onto the rush hour traffic on the packed carriage way. The only thing they didn't mention was the convoy of sick children and singing nuns that the pilot manfully avoided.
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Windy,
thats journo`s for you. Im sure I`d rather be hit by a Cirrus doing 60-70kts rather than an artic lorry or any other fast moving vehicle on the Mway.
I wish the injured party a speedy recovery
thats journo`s for you. Im sure I`d rather be hit by a Cirrus doing 60-70kts rather than an artic lorry or any other fast moving vehicle on the Mway.
I wish the injured party a speedy recovery
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Best wishes for a speedy recovery to those involved.
This seems to have been a bad year for UK GA. Has anyone kept track of the numbers, not out of morbid curiosity but genuine interest?
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This seems to have been a bad year for UK GA. Has anyone kept track of the numbers, not out of morbid curiosity but genuine interest?
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why this time in particular? It really does seem to be the last 6 weeks or so.
On a side note on this thread I note the pilot remianed clear of the motorway. In different circumstances would a forced landing on a large road, clear of obstacles be possible and in fact safer than "some" fields?? Just a thought..
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liam458:
If you go to the bright side you will see that the donk stopped at 100ft: Next time you take off look down at 100ft and figure where you would go if your donk stopped. You wouldn't be hunting for quiet side roads that's for sure.
The pilot handled a bad deal with consummate skill.
Journos can go hang.
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If you go to the bright side you will see that the donk stopped at 100ft: Next time you take off look down at 100ft and figure where you would go if your donk stopped. You wouldn't be hunting for quiet side roads that's for sure.
The pilot handled a bad deal with consummate skill.
Journos can go hang.
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Fair point. I wasnt actually referring to this particular incident, his landing was 10/10 as both are alive, well done to him.
I was just thinking in general terms if the engine failed whilst much higher and maybe in an area where there were no decent open fields. I realise the glide clear rule exists but out of all the fields in this country I would suggest that most are not suitable. This would then make a pilot consider other areas.
Anyway as I said well done to the pilot, nice to hear a good outcome for once!
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I was just thinking in general terms if the engine failed whilst much higher and maybe in an area where there were no decent open fields. I realise the glide clear rule exists but out of all the fields in this country I would suggest that most are not suitable. This would then make a pilot consider other areas.
Anyway as I said well done to the pilot, nice to hear a good outcome for once!
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As a general rule in the UK roads are a bad thing. (to land on as well as to drive on sometimes 
) They have lots of street furniture to hit, unmarked cables, loads of traffic and are a bit narrow.
Places like the US encourage roads as an option in that they are wide, straight, empty, few light poles/gantries and less signage.
Both comments above totally irrelevant to the case at hand - well done to the pilot!
) They have lots of street furniture to hit, unmarked cables, loads of traffic and are a bit narrow.Places like the US encourage roads as an option in that they are wide, straight, empty, few light poles/gantries and less signage.
Both comments above totally irrelevant to the case at hand - well done to the pilot!
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more congrats . . . . . . . .
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What a refreshing change to see a news piece avoiding the sensational and reporting what really happened. Well done Adrian and Darren.
Interesting that BBC Points West did the story - Cheltenham actually comes under BBC Midlands, but they only seem interested in stories around Birmingham and Stoke on Trent...
Excellent piece
Interesting that BBC Points West did the story - Cheltenham actually comes under BBC Midlands, but they only seem interested in stories around Birmingham and Stoke on Trent...
Excellent piece