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> <4191fd53-ff5f-4a56-a702-bda96c67ece8@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
> Kurt Nicklas bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>> On Jun 16, 5:27 am, Black Jesus democrats.org> wrote:

>>> http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23872272-5005961,00.html
>>>
>>>
>>> A SURVIVOR of a plane crash in which five people died has told of
>>> praying during the last frantic moments of the doomed skydiving
>>> flight west of Brisbane two years ago.
>>>
>>> The high-wing Cessna 206 clipped a tree and plummeted into a dam
>>> at Ebenezer, near Willowbank, shortly after takeoff on January 2,
>>> 2006.
>>>
>>> Pilot Anthony Winter, 22, from Brisbane, Irish skydiving
>>> instructor Nigel O'Gorman, 34, British instructor Colin Hicklin,
>>> 41, Briton Susanne Williams, 49, and Barbara McLelland, 40, of
>>> the Gold Coast, were killed.
>>>
>>> Brisbane Skydiving Centre owner Brian Scoffell and Gold Coast
>>> woman Mandy Best survived.
>>>
>>> An inquest began in Brisbane today into the causes of the crash
>>> and whether regulations need to be changed to improve the safety
>>> of skydivers.
>>>
>>> Survivor Ms Best told the court her group had been rushed through
>>> paper work, not been taken through emergency procedures, been
>>> refused helmets and had not been strapped via floor restraints -
>>> used by parachutists instead of seatbelts - before the flight.
>>>
>>> Ms Best said she had been nervous on take-off and when she heard
>>> the engine "putt-putting" and an emergency warning sound, she
>>> knew the plane was in trouble.
>>>
>>> She said said heard Mr Scoffell telling the pilot "don't stall
>>> it, keep it up, give it some throttle".
>>>
>>> "The plane was struggling, we were losing altitude ... my
>>> girlfriend and I began to pray," she said.
>>>
>>> Ms Best cried as she recalled the plane hitting the tree,
>>> flipping and crashing into the dam.
>>>
>>> "I remember hearing the sound of bones breaking," she said.
>>>
>>> "I remember thinking this is going to hurt and then we hit the
>>> water."
>>>
>>> Ms Best, who received a broken neck in the accident, said she had
>>> thought she had died and was moving "towards the light" when she
>>> broke the water's surface and realised the light was the sun.
>>>
>>> The inquiry was told witnesses had reported hearing the plane
>>> running "funny" before take-off and saw black and blue smoke
>>> coming from it as it idled on the runway.
>>>
>>> Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigator Sam Webb
>>> today showed the court a water-damaged video recovered from the
>>> crash site.
>>>
>>> The video showed Ms McLelland celebrating her 40th birthday
>>> before embarking on the flight while abnormal engine noises could
>>> be heard in the background.
>>>
>>> He said the engine had suffered a partial power loss but
>>> investigators had failed to find its cause.
>>>
>>> The inquiry continues tomorrow.

>> Interesting things happen when atheists have to leave their fantasy
>> world and face realities.
>>

> Interesting that the word "atheist" appears nowhere in the posted
> article.