September certainly is the month for plane crashes:
A PILOT made an incredible escape after crashing his small plane on a busy highway in Florida yesterday. Robert Robertson was left conscious and sitting in his seat after the cockpit disintegrated around him on.
The bloodied 34-year-old, who was alone on the flight and remarkably suffered only minor injuries, remained in his seat waiting for nearby emergency crews to take him to hospital.
He crashed shortly after taking off from Fort Lauderdale with a cargo of clothes and shoes destined for the Bahamas on Friday afternoon. Witnesses said the plane lost power, did cartwheels in the sky, clipped its wing on a warehouse and came to a halt in roadside grass.
"It was his lucky day," said witness Stewart McLeod. "The entire front of the plane was gone, and he was left sitting in his seat with his seat belt on."
No one was hurt on the ground despite Robertson's twin-engine Beechcraft ploughing onto the Interstate 95, causing major traffic jams.
Full story:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22463564-2,00.html
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:50 pm