Tank Girl
13-08-2009, 05:01 AM
A pilot is lucky to be alive after his plane came down in the Irish sea.
John O'Shaughnessy was airlifted to safety after he was found by a crew trying to break the world record for rowing around the British Isles.
When one of the rowers spotted the plane go down, the rest of the team thought it was a diving seagull.
But they decided to investigate anyway a decision which cost them any chance of breaking the record but almost certainly saved the man's life.
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John O'Shaughnessy was airlifted to safety after he was found by a crew trying to break the world record for rowing around the British Isles.
When one of the rowers spotted the plane go down, the rest of the team thought it was a diving seagull.
But they decided to investigate anyway a decision which cost them any chance of breaking the record but almost certainly saved the man's life.
3 News > Video > World > Rowers stage sea crash rescue (http://www.3news.co.nz/Rowers-stage-sea-crash-rescue/tabid/313/articleID/116451/cat/41/Default.aspx)