Plane crashes into Ferris Wheel
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<<The pilot of a light plane that crashed into a ferris wheel at a fair on the New South Wales mid-north coast says he simply did not see it.>>
He needs to visit Specsavers..
He needs to visit Specsavers..
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One of the TV views showed that the wheel is literally about 50 yds from the threshold of a grass runway and just off the centreline.
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Light plane hits ferris wheel in Oz, no serious injuries.
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Probably on a Ferris flight.
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From our perspective it sounds pretty stupid flying into something like that but its not the first time.
Pilots have flown into power pylons, cables, buildings, skyscrapers, trees! You name it???
How on earth they got permission to put a structure like that carrying the public near a runway God knows?
I am sure some questions will have to be answered.
I wonder if the Pilot has grounds to sue whoever allowed it?
Pilots have flown into power pylons, cables, buildings, skyscrapers, trees! You name it???
How on earth they got permission to put a structure like that carrying the public near a runway God knows?
I am sure some questions will have to be answered.
I wonder if the Pilot has grounds to sue whoever allowed it?
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Not a comment on this particular incident but I can well believe it. Only last week my officers were called to a huge (seriously huge!) tree having fallen in high winds blocking a large road. Whilst on scene they were amazed at not one but 2 motorists simply driving straight into it and being unable to explain why other than they weren't expecting it.
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Aussie plane embedded in ferris wheel - good lookout?
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The pilot did not see the Ferris wheel
The pilot, Paul Cox, said he did not see the Ferris wheel before his plane hit it.
"The next thing I knew, I was stopped inside the Ferris wheel," he said. "I had no idea for a few minutes and I was just hoping no one got hurt."
Plane hits Ferris wheel in Australia; no injuries - KMPH FOX 26 | Central San Joaquin Valley News Source
"The next thing I knew, I was stopped inside the Ferris wheel," he said. "I had no idea for a few minutes and I was just hoping no one got hurt."
Plane hits Ferris wheel in Australia; no injuries - KMPH FOX 26 | Central San Joaquin Valley News Source
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If true, then nobody looks very good.
When interviewed on the news, the pilot, a local, said he was in a nose-up attitude and didn't see it.
Possibly a case of seeing (or not seeing) what he expected to see.
Possibly a case of seeing (or not seeing) what he expected to see.
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I was proceeding along, in a northerly direction, when all of a sudden, out of the blue, with no warning whatsoever, this Ferris wheel just jumped out in front of me. An' that's the honest truth, guvenor.
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Apparently my amateur guesswork depiction was incorrect as the ferris wheel was actually 3" to the east. Since I have no stake in this incident whatsoever and others most clearly do, I have decided to remove my "drawn in Microsoft Paint" masterpiece.
Last edited by Shunter; 4th Oct 2011 at 06:05.
