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Deer: 1, Plane: 1
And you thought hitting one with your car was bad:
A small plane crashed into a deer on the runway of a far-flung Miami-Dade County airport this morning.The twin-prop plane sustained serious damage. The left prop appeared to be destroyed and pieces of flying propeller penetrated the fuselage. A pilot and copilot on board the plane were not hurt.
Bambi's fate? Let's just say it was very quick.
The scariest part is that, from the picture, it would appear at least some of the prop blades departed through the passenger cabin. It seems no passengers were hurt simply because there weren't any. Yikes!
I've never liked sitting next to the props for just that reason. I like sitting next to the turbines even less as (per a structural engineer I was talking with at one point) they are spinning much faster and, when they fail, it's catastrophic.
Aside from that - venison, anyone?
Posted by: ronaprhys on March 31, 2005 03:11 PMGlad I wasn't on it!
Posted by: Tom on April 1, 2005 06:52 PM