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Pastimes : Bizarre Press Releases and News Stories

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From: TimF7/20/2009 12:50:43 PM
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Botched bouquet toss causes plane crash in Italy

Isidoro Pensieri threw bouquet from plane but flowers flew into engine causing an explosion and landing him in hospital

...Pensieri was entrusted with the bouquet so that he could cast it dashingly into the outstretched arms of the unmarried female guests as the plane swooped by.

According to Italian news agency reports, however, the flowers disappeared into the tail rotor, causing an explosion in the motor and pitching the ultra-light into a dive. After just missing a hostel in which some 50 young people were gathered, the aircraft plunged to earth in a wood.

The pilot, 61 year-old Luciano Nannelli, escaped unhurt from the crash, which happened near the town of Suvereto, near Livorno.

guardian.co.uk
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