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| Dramatic pictures show plane hit skydiver in mid-air collision over Florida airfield | Dramatic pictures show plane hit skydiver in mid-air collision over Florida airfield |
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| A pilot and a skydiver both had a remarkable escape after a Cessna light aircraft collided with a parachute at a small airport in Florida. | A pilot and a skydiver both had a remarkable escape after a Cessna light aircraft collided with a parachute at a small airport in Florida. |
| Sharon Trembley, 87, was carrying out a so-called 'touch-and-go' maneuver, which involves landing briefly on a runway and taking off again without coming to a full stop, when the accident happened at the South Lakeland Airport in Mulberry. | Sharon Trembley, 87, was carrying out a so-called 'touch-and-go' maneuver, which involves landing briefly on a runway and taking off again without coming to a full stop, when the accident happened at the South Lakeland Airport in Mulberry. |
| On his third landing pass the wing of Trembley's plane became entangled in the strings of skydiver John Frost's parachute about 75 feet above the ground. | On his third landing pass the wing of Trembley's plane became entangled in the strings of skydiver John Frost's parachute about 75 feet above the ground. |
| The whole incident was captured in a series of startling photographs which show the collision, Trembley's plane nose-diving and Frost being flung to the ground. | The whole incident was captured in a series of startling photographs which show the collision, Trembley's plane nose-diving and Frost being flung to the ground. |
| Astonishingly neither pilot nor skydiver sustained serious injury in the incident on Saturday. | Astonishingly neither pilot nor skydiver sustained serious injury in the incident on Saturday. |
| Tim Telford, who captured the dramatic images, told US media: "I thought I'd have very exciting pics of a close flyby. Never in a million years did I think I'd see what I saw." | Tim Telford, who captured the dramatic images, told US media: "I thought I'd have very exciting pics of a close flyby. Never in a million years did I think I'd see what I saw." |
| "The plane caught the side of the canopy, flipped the plane 180 degrees and flipped the skydiver into the air", he added. | "The plane caught the side of the canopy, flipped the plane 180 degrees and flipped the skydiver into the air", he added. |
| "You heard the airplane hit the parachute, which sounded like you falling on your face into your pillow; a 'woof' sound." | "You heard the airplane hit the parachute, which sounded like you falling on your face into your pillow; a 'woof' sound." |
| Mr Frost was released from hospital after treatment and Mr Trembley remains in hospital for observation. | Mr Frost was released from hospital after treatment and Mr Trembley remains in hospital for observation. |
| The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA are investigating the accident. | The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA are investigating the accident. |