Man Falls from Light A/C
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Man Falls from Light A/C
BBC Reporting that the body of a man has been found in a field after aparently falling from a light aircraft in the Thames Valley area. A/C landed at Brize and has been cordoned off.
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How bizarre:-
BBC Radio Oxford website reports
The body of man has been found lying in a field in the village of Fyfield.
Its thought that he fell from a light aircraft around 15:00 Tuesday afternoon.
The man believed to be in his forties was a passenger in a privately owned plane which later landed safely at RAF Brize Norton.
Police have sealed off both the site where the body was found and the area around the plane.
Spt Learmot McDougal of Thames Valley police says the initial report came from air traffic control.
BBC Radio Oxford website reports
The body of man has been found lying in a field in the village of Fyfield.
Its thought that he fell from a light aircraft around 15:00 Tuesday afternoon.
The man believed to be in his forties was a passenger in a privately owned plane which later landed safely at RAF Brize Norton.
Police have sealed off both the site where the body was found and the area around the plane.
Spt Learmot McDougal of Thames Valley police says the initial report came from air traffic control.
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A little more info courtesy of BossEyed in another thread. Could this be serious vertigo at work - fearing a crash landing?
Another question must be, if the A/C type, 172, is correct, how do you manage to open the door and prise yourself out even at low speeds?
I am not wishing to speculate insensitively, but can't help being stunned by this.
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Police are investigating the discovery of a body of a man, who is thought to have jumped from a light aircraft.
He was the passenger of a Cessna 172 plane which made a forced landing at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, after ice began to form on its wings.
But after safely bringing the craft down to earth, the woman pilot said her passenger, a man believed to be in his 40s, had jumped out minutes earlier.
The body was found lying in a field in the village of Fyfield, about eight miles from the aerodrome.
Passenger jumped
A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said the aeroplane had been en-route to Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Northamptonshire, when the pilot asked for permission to divert from its route due to icing on the wings at about 1530 GMT on Tuesday.
He said: "Permission was given for the plane to land at RAF Brize Norton and it did so safely.
"However the pilot reported that about 10 nautical miles from its destination the passenger opened the door and jumped out.
"We have very little further information at the moment. We will be continuing our investigations."
Sealed off
Superintendent Learmot McDougal of Thames Valley police said the initial report came from air traffic control who said a passenger had left the aircraft without a parachute.
Thames Valley police said they have sealed off both the site where the body was found and the area around the plane.
A spokesman from the base said: "We had a privately-owned civilian aircraft that landed here.
"The pilot requested permission to land and it was granted."
Ministry of Defence police are working alongside officers from the Thames Valley force to investigate the incident.
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Another question must be, if the A/C type, 172, is correct, how do you manage to open the door and prise yourself out even at low speeds?
I am not wishing to speculate insensitively, but can't help being stunned by this.
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Police are investigating the discovery of a body of a man, who is thought to have jumped from a light aircraft.
He was the passenger of a Cessna 172 plane which made a forced landing at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, after ice began to form on its wings.
But after safely bringing the craft down to earth, the woman pilot said her passenger, a man believed to be in his 40s, had jumped out minutes earlier.
The body was found lying in a field in the village of Fyfield, about eight miles from the aerodrome.
Passenger jumped
A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said the aeroplane had been en-route to Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Northamptonshire, when the pilot asked for permission to divert from its route due to icing on the wings at about 1530 GMT on Tuesday.
He said: "Permission was given for the plane to land at RAF Brize Norton and it did so safely.
"However the pilot reported that about 10 nautical miles from its destination the passenger opened the door and jumped out.
"We have very little further information at the moment. We will be continuing our investigations."
Sealed off
Superintendent Learmot McDougal of Thames Valley police said the initial report came from air traffic control who said a passenger had left the aircraft without a parachute.
Thames Valley police said they have sealed off both the site where the body was found and the area around the plane.
A spokesman from the base said: "We had a privately-owned civilian aircraft that landed here.
"The pilot requested permission to land and it was granted."
Ministry of Defence police are working alongside officers from the Thames Valley force to investigate the incident.
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The guy was ex-SAS, an expert skydiver, the pilots boyfriend and a mate of Jim 'nick-nick' Davidson. I doubt a bit of ice and a pan call to Brize would have fazed him. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1751000/1751765.stm. I reckon its just another troubled individual going out in spectacular fashion. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">
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Happened here about 10 or more years ago, a guy fell from a C152 Aerobat. Ever tried getting out of an Aerobat harness in a hurry? Turns out it was suicide. Sounds like this is a similar sort of event. As was asked, just how do you prise open a 172 door in flight and leap out? An aerobat I can understand, just pull the emergency release. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">
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Some one on another thread has posed the theory that maybe the ice build up was sending the 172 groundwards in IMC conditions. The loss of maybe 90ks weight may have saved the pilot.
Very noble thought, but I got to say I think it unlikely, suicide would, to me, be more probable.
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Very noble thought, but I got to say I think it unlikely, suicide would, to me, be more probable.
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
From today's Witney Gazette
<< As air accident experts continued to examine the aircraft, Detective Inspector Simon Moreton, of Thames Valley Police, said: "The investigation is still in its early stages and there are a lot of enquiries still to be made before we can make any conclusions." >>
<< As air accident experts continued to examine the aircraft, Detective Inspector Simon Moreton, of Thames Valley Police, said: "The investigation is still in its early stages and there are a lot of enquiries still to be made before we can make any conclusions." >>
