Plane down in Oxfordshire

[rsuggitt]

Just had word through another forum that a light plane has come down in farmland in Oxfordshire this afternoon (Tues 10 Aug 2010). Two on board, slight injuries. Seems the plane had a parachute which I understand was deployed.
No other details.

[cats_five]

BBC News - Two parachute to safety after light aircraft crash

"Two men have parachuted to safety after a light aircraft crashed in north Oxfordshire.

Thames Valley Police said the plane came down in a field in Hornton, near Banbury, at about 1545 BST.

The two men are being treated by paramedics at the scene.

Power to homes in the village has been lost after a cable was damaged. The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has been informed of the crash."

[vanHorck]

Hornton is not far from the Shennington gliding club

Great manor house

[hatzflyer]

Why did they wait untill "after the crash " to use the parachute?
Will these journos ever get it right?

[Golf-Mike-Mike]

The BBC's photo shows it (not surprisingly) to be a Cirrus. I've heard elsewhere that it's believed to be an SR20 and the first CAPS pull in the UK, if not in Europe. Nice to hear that the people on board have been saved by the parachute. Lousy day for flying though, very low cloud across most of Southern/Central England.

[R2112]

Came down on land where I work although I wasn't in today. I'll post anything I hear as and when but I'm not in for a day or two. It came down about a mile from Shotteswell, which has a few Microlights and GA there but no Cirrus as far as I'm aware. The aircraft apparently hit power lines after what ever incident caused the deployment of the CAPS, although this is 3rd hand info (the landowner saw it and told my boss who told me etc)
Glad they're both safe.

[Gertrude the Wombat]

Why did they wait untill "after the crash " to use the parachute?
Will these journos ever get it right?

I don't suppose I was the only one to write in and complain. I'm told they've fixed it.

[cats_five]

They have:

"The two men managed to flee the wreckage after the light aircraft came down with a parachute attached to it."

[IO540]

"The two men managed to flee the wreckage after the light aircraft came down with a parachute attached to it."

Flee?

I hope the idiot reporter is reading this thread.

Where do these sensationalist morons come from? Some "local rag hack college" in Weston Super-Mare?

[Gertrude the Wombat]

Flee?

Even if the number of post-parachute fires to date is zero it might still seem like a good idea to vacate the scene fairly smartish until you're sure there's no fuel leaking - better, surely, than sitting around in the cockpit dicussing how lucky you are and then going up in a fireball.

[stickandrudderman]

Flee?

I hope the idiot reporter is reading this thread.

Personally, in similar circumstances, I think I would rather flee than saunter!

The Cirrus that stalled on take off at White Waltham recently burst into flames as the crew were leaving the scene.

[Fuji Abound]

Where do these sensationalist morons come from?

To be fair, I suppose this is so often true of any report we read about our specialist field.

Moreover rarely are light aircraft accidents a big enough story for the agencies to committ any resources to ensure technical accuracy. It is simply fodder for the youngster to cut his teeth on.

If you were running a news agency you would have a tame pilot at the end of an email that could vet stories of this sort, but that is another story.

[SpeedbirdXK8]

Fuji - Journo do have an 'expert' in Chris Er Erm Er Yates of BBC airline crash expert fame. Yes Chris it has crashed, why and that's when the Er & Erms start!!