Insane Photo: Crashed Pilot Still In His Seat, Alive

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Please remain seated for landing …

Ani Martinez
September 23, 2007

IT WAS like a scene out of a movie. A small cargo plane, flying over a busy highway, began losing steam and doing cartwheels in the sky over Florida.

Then it struck a warehouse, clipping its right wing, and crashed into a grassy swale on the side of the road — just metres from oncoming traffic.

The pilot of the fixed-wing twin-engine Beech 18, Robert Robertson, survived, with only minor injuries. The only person on board, Mr Robertson broke his left leg, left arm and nose and has a gash on his forehead.

"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 seatbelt on." More...

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He missed rush hour traffic on I-95 by about 20 feet according to some co-workers that drove past!

Caption to the photo "Did I hit something?"

that was an airplane? i thought it was a bus or something! WOW!!

HOLY SH!T!!! That WAS a Beech 18????

HOLY SH!T!!!!!!!!!!! :shock:

Why is the caution tape up but no one is helping the guy?

Corey

That was taken very soon after it happened. They were waiting for an avanced life support ambulance to arrive on the scene and in the meantime, felt it was better to keep him in his seat. He was taken out about 10 minutes after that picture was taken.

No spinal stablization, O2 or ANYTHING!?! FD & PD can render some initial care.

Guess that was some very important tape job.

EMS, I was about to say the same thing. It seem's like negligence, you could at least get some bandages on the laceration to his head...

If he only had fractures and lacerations then he didn't need advanced life support just simple first aid.

Was just going on what a colleague of mine was told as he drove past on the way home....