Candidate injured in plane crash on election day

[Al_Fallujah]

Candidate and former UKIP leader was injured in a plane crash an hour after polls opened.

Appears they were towing a banner. There is some speculation that it snagged the aircraft in flight, but at this point it everything is speculation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 664260.stm

[expat]

Anything for that last minute of attention before the election

Matt

[Craig.]

That bloody politician hurt an innocent aircraft.
On the plus side at least it got him a gooden too.

[beaky]

They are very lucky... good thing those Wilgas are built sturdy.

[Fozzer]

They are very lucky... good thing those Wilgas are built sturdy.

...I think its amazing that it didn't catch fire, with tanks probably full of fuel, following take-off!

Extremely lucky!

Its seems to be very rare for an aircraft to not catch fire following a crash of that sort....

Paul.

[expat]

They are very lucky... good thing those Wilgas are built sturdy.

...I think its amazing that it didn't catch fire, with tanks probably full of fuel, following take-off!

Extremely lucky!

Its seems to be very rare for an aircraft to not catch fire following a crash of that sort....

Paul.

I believe that he was returning Fozzer, so the tanks would have been, well not full. An empty tank is in general more dangerous than a full one. Fumes explode, liquid burns, though either way it does not generally have a good outcome

Matt

[Fozzer]

http://polishaircraftblog.blogspot.com/ ... ident.html

Not the first time the poor old Wilga has had a bumpy landing!...>>>

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/bul ... g_bwdf.cfm

Looks like a write-off this time!

Paul.

[Al_Fallujah]

They are very lucky... good thing those Wilgas are built sturdy.

...I think its amazing that it didn't catch fire, with tanks probably full of fuel, following take-off!

Extremely lucky!

Its seems to be very rare for an aircraft to not catch fire following a crash of that sort....

Paul.

I believe that he was returning Fozzer, so the tanks would have been, well not full. An empty tank is in general more dangerous than a full one. Fumes explode, liquid burns, though either way it does not generally have a good outcome

Matt

I thought it said that it had just taken off, and was forced to return.
It looks like it nosed over, instead of breaking up totally, so maybe the tanks did not rupture.

Update on the pol:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8671210.stm

They expected trouble at the landing... Maybe the banner caught the landing gear? I have not heard anything.