Lucky Bastard

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A small plane with only the pilot on board crashed Friday afternoon onto Interstate 95 shortly after taking off from a nearby airport, authorities said. The pilot suffered serious injuries, but no one was hurt on the ground.

The twin-engine Beechcraft crashed shortly after leaving Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, said Fort Lauderdale spokesman Chaz Adams.

"The aircraft appeared to not be gaining altitude. The pilot declared a mayday and then went down," said Kathleen Bergen of the Federal Aviation Administration. The mayday call came in around 1:30 p.m.

Fire trucks were spraying foam on the plane as it sat on the highway's shoulder, where it crashed.

"That obviously was one of the reasons why there are no injuries on the ground. It's not like it went down right in the middle," Adams said.

The plane was registered to Broward County-based Monarch Air Group, Bergen said. The company declined to comment.

How's the balls on this guy?? He's just parked his plane on the fucking freeway, the whole of the front half is spread out over 50m and he just sits there, calmly waiting for the fire brigade to turn up and hose the shit out of his strides!

He's either a hard bastard or the luckiest drunk ever.