>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!!!"