Hi All

Reading the papers this morning over breakfast came across the unfortunate story of a mans body found in an Oxfordshire field yesterday.

"The passenger a Briton in his forties, was being flown from France to a small airfield in Northamptonshire when the pilot of a Cessna 172 reported ice on the wings and asked permission to land at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire.

A few minutes later she is said to have told the RAF ATC that her passenger had opened the door and jumped from the aircraft"

Taken from The Times, Wednesday 9th January, 2002

Sam

• RE: Ice on Wings causes distressed passenger to jump,TD, 13:27z, 01-09-02

>Hi All
>
>Reading the papers this morning over breakfast came across
>the unfortunate story of a mans body found in an
>Oxfordshire field yesterday.
>
>"The passenger a Briton in his forties, was being flown
>from France to a small airfield in Northamptonshire when
>the pilot of a Cessna 172 reported ice on the wings and
>asked permission to land at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire.
>
>A few minutes later she is said to have told the RAF ATC
>that her passenger had opened the door and jumped from the
>aircraft"
>
>Taken from The Times, Wednesday 9th January, 2002
>
>Sam

From the black box voice recorder:

"OHMYGOOOOODDDDD!!!!! WE'RE GONNA DIE!!!!"
"Sir, we can live"
"NOOOOOOO, WE'RE GONNA DIE!!!!"
"Sir, it is min"
"NOOOOOOO!!!!! I AM GOING DIE!!!"
"Sir..."
<sound of door latch and wind noise>
"SIR!!!"
"ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
<long pause"
"Yep. He was right. Splattered like a watermelon..
Like they say, 'It isn't the fall that gets you, it's the stop...' Ummm, RAF Brize Norton, cancel that landing request, change it to a spatula and a lot of baggies.."

"TD - Virtual FAA investigators are on line 2, AGAIN!!!"