Bride's bouquet brings down plane

Mythago

From the BBC:

The traditional throwing of a bride's bouquet for luck ended in disaster at an Italian wedding when the flowers caused a plane to crash.

The bride and groom had hired a small plane to fly past and throw the bouquet to a line of women guests, Corriere della Sera reported.

However, the flowers were sucked into the plane's engine causing it to catch fire and explode.

The aircraft plunged into a hostel. One passenger on the plane was badly hurt.

But about 50 people who had been in the hostel escaped unscathed, as did the pilot.

Entangled

The incident happened at Montioni park in Suvereto, near Livorno, where the wedding reception was being held, Corriere della Sera said.

A passenger on the aircraft, named as Isidoro Pensieri, 44, had the job of throwing the bouquet as pilot Luciano Nannelli flew past.

It is believed the bunch of flowers became entangled as it was thrown, and was sucked into one of the engines.

Ms Pensieri suffered multiple fractures and a head injury. She was taken to hospital in Grosseto by helicopter and then transferred to another in Pisa, Italian media reported.

:DHilarious:eek:

ch252

Jaysus she must have been an animal to have thrown them that high!:eek:

Owen

If people want to discuss the safety aspects of this, or have an on topic discussion about procedures, etc., feel free. If this descends into an after hours style lolfest, people will get infractions and/or bans.

diverdriver

Paintdoctor, a good intercept but you have to admit this does have comic potential.

I'm quite sure there are rules about ejecting things from aircraft even in Italy. We can see why now!

I wonder what type it was that a bouquet could stop the engine? Also there has to be a video. It was a wedding after all.
Bouquets can be quite substantial affairs. My wife's would have brought down a flock of Canada Geese.

CaptainSkidmark

how lucky no one was killed!!!!

Mythago

diverdriver wrote: »

Paintdoctor, a good intercept but you have to admit this does have comic potential.

I'm quite sure there are rules about ejecting things from aircraft even in Italy. We can see why now!

I wonder what type it was that a bouquet could stop the engine? Also there has to be a video. It was a wedding after all.
Bouquets can be quite substantial affairs. My wife's would have brought down a flock of Canada Geese.

May have been a microlight according to the AP which would explain how a bouquet clogged the intake. Had a hard time believing that some flowers would take down anything "normal"