Cherokee vs. SUV (head on collision)

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe

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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25624854-401,00.html
FIVE PEOPLE are lucky to be alive after a freak head-on crash involving a plane and a four-wheel-drive ute.
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I ASSUME that it was an attempt to land on the road after some sort of trouble. From the pictures, it doesn't look like some place I would want to attempt to land.

Cherokee burned to nothing from engine to the baggage compartment

No comment on the reporting...
 
Well I see that their reporters are not any smarter than ours, a TWO seat Piper Cherokee?????
 
That's crazy. I wonder why the Escape driver didn't stop or get out of the way.
 
Dean said:
Well I see that their reporters are not any smarter than ours, a TWO seat Piper Cherokee?????
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Two seat Piper Cherokee do exists (early PA-28-140s)
 
SkyHog said:
That's crazy. I wonder why the Escape driver didn't stop or get out of the way.
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probably because the road is 15 feet wide cut into a steep hill and he had just come around a blind curve.
 
tonycondon said:
probably because the road is 15 feet wide cut into a steep hill and he had just come around a blind curve.
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but....
"We saw the plane coming down, I honestly didn’t think it would crash and it would pull up," she said.
"When it hit the ground, I just closed my eyes and kept my foot on the brakes and braced myself. We pretty much saw it coming."
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Oh, yea. And these are good pictures for anyone who wants to claim that G.A. aircraft would be good tools for terrorists.

Guess which has more destructive potential:
a) Cherokee which was totally destroyed.
b) SUV which probably could still be driven (Ok - it may overheat if the radiator was damaged)
 
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