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I gotta say, ditching a small airplane 30 miles off shore in the Gulf of Mexico is a hell of a risky way to collect $50,000 in an insurance payout. You've got a
by NelsonMinar 6y ago
I gotta say, ditching a small airplane 30 miles off shore in the Gulf of Mexico is a hell of a risky way to collect $50,000 in an insurance payout. You've got a lot of faith in your ability to make a "water landing", much less that someone comes out and gets you before something goes wrong.
- fny 6y agoSounds like a hell of a lot more fun than setting a house on fire.
- notatoad 6y agoyeah, the article seems to paint a pretty clear picture of a guy who figured out how he could crash-land a plane and get paid for the experience. he probably would have done it for $5.
- antihero 6y agoCould you not call in a mayday?
- sokoloff 6y agoYou're still impacting the water at around 80 mph in a light aluminum craft not designed for such a situation. There's a lot of room for something to go wrong resulting in a fatality.
- refurb 6y agoSame thought occurred to me. I would have thought proving that was intention would be pretty hard considering the personal risk involved.
- tgb 6y agoAh but he claims he actually did that to sell waterproof iPad cases, according to the end of the article. Makes sense to me.
- xhkkffbf 6y agoPerhaps he just had someone let them jump off of a boat. They changed the serial number and resold the plane separately. Maybe the friend who dumped them off the boat was also the one who "rescued" them after a few hours. Who knows?