Head on accident with a difference - Build Ford Tough

BlackLS · 12-06-2009, 01:13 PM

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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...54-401,00.html

FIVE PEOPLE are lucky to be alive after a freak head-on crash involving a plane and a four-wheel-drive ute.

The light aircraft had just taken off from a South African runway when it plunged down towards a secluded road near Krugersdorp Airport, west of Johannesburg.

The Ford ute, carrying three people, was travelling in the opposite direction when the two-seater Piper Cherokee ploughed into it before bursting into flames, South African newspaper

cheek · 12-06-2009, 02:26 PM

haha GO FORD!!!!

**TUF_302** · 12-06-2009, 03:05 PM

Now that is Built Ford Tough!!

Those people are very lucky to be alive, thats for sure!

Mr Hardware · 12-06-2009, 03:28 PM

That'll Buff Out.

Iggypoppin' · 12-06-2009, 04:11 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if that utes fixable! Definetly a lucky escape. Ford should use this in their marketing campaigns for light trucks.

flappist · 12-06-2009, 04:22 PM

Guys it is a media beatup.
Cherokees have 4 seats and weigh between 1000 and 1300kg and even in glide would be doing well over 100km/h which if it hit that car would have snapped the main spar and the wings would be forward of the fuse.
The engine and prop have just melted rather than detached under inertia and there is no prop damage on the truck.

It is much more likely that the aircraft has had an engine failure and forced landed heavily on that skinny road then the truck has come round the corner hand hit it while it was stationary.

But that is not such a good story is it.

kezzer · 12-06-2009, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by flappist

Guys it is a media beatup.
Cherokees have 4 seats and weigh between 1000 and 1300kg and even in glide would be doing well over 100km/h which if it hit that car would have snapped the main spar and the wings would be forward of the fuse.
The engine and prop have just melted rather than detached under inertia and there is no prop damage on the truck.

It is much more likely that the aircraft has had an engine failure and forced landed heavily on that skinny road then the truck has come round the corner hand hit it.

But that is nit such a good story is it.

Some sense at last.

Lucky to be alive but not THAT lucky

flappist · 12-06-2009, 04:30 PM

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=65426

Yep, media beatup

It did not take off at all, it ran off the end of the runway and the pax got out by himself.

adsm · 12-06-2009, 04:45 PM

i cant believe they lived

Ando_Leigh · 12-06-2009, 05:22 PM

That photo is awesome. Could be used as a good FAIL or demotivational poster.

flappist · 12-06-2009, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by adsm

i cant believe they lived

Read link in my above post. It did not happen exactly as the media reported....

EDManual · 12-06-2009, 05:55 PM

Notice there was someone in the back of the ute that fell out when it crashed! The lady driver should go to jail for attempted murder!! (referring to the poor drunk bloke who didnt mean to kill his mate in the back of his ute...)

GeoNazi · 12-06-2009, 06:07 PM

Wow...

Buzz Box · 12-06-2009, 07:50 PM

Flappist your not being the fun police again.....

Didn't you know - Never let the facts get in the way of a good story!

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Kawasakirider · 12-06-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by EDManual

Notice there was someone in the back of the ute that fell out when it crashed! The lady driver should go to jail for attempted murder!! (referring to the poor drunk bloke who didnt mean to kill his mate in the back of his ute...)

No offense man, but you're making yourself look stupid. The guy who was driving the ute you're referring to was maggot and had people in his tray. He was an idiot and should be punished for his actions that directly lead to his friends death.

As for the plane, the pictures were pretty cool but it's pretty funny how it's all BS. Especially the woman who said she could see the pilot's faces as they were hurtling toward her, LOL.