Isn't it amazing that a three year old toddler could survive a horrific plane crash for five hours? All it took was a simple car seat that was strap in correctly by her grandfather. I'm so grateful that she survive.
Which brings me back to the other question with regard to how old should a person be to be flying. Like the Richmond plane crash the other day, I can't help but compre to the two. Both men were elderly. They were probably in good health when they took off but something might have happened when they were flying. I think there should be a law banning ppl over 60 years from flying.
'Miracle' child found alive in B.C. plane crash
A three-year-old girl found alive in the wreck of a plane crash near Golden, B.C., was being called a "miracle" on Monday.
The girl, Kate Williams, was the lone survivor of a crash on Sunday that claimed the lives of her grandfather and another passenger.
Rescue crews found Kate strapped into a child's car seat inside an upside-down airplane buried in snow on the edge of an icy riverbank.
"I think the care that was taken in placing the child in there, that extra protection, is what basically, I think, saved her life," Golden RCMP Sgt. Marko Shehovac told CTV News.
"It's a sad time for the family but at the same time, a minor miracle has happened here."
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This case just proves that child seats save lives! Thankfully the grandfather took the care to seatbeat in his grandchild securely.
I don't know about an outright ban, but we ought to start evaluating older pilots and drivers more carefully in terms of vision, reflexes, mental accuity and general physical health.
Yes.. I really agree LM. And they should also have annonymous turn in's from friends and family.. when you suspect them. It shouldnt be when you report your brother/mother/uncle.. that they can find out who said they were unfit to drive and start a family feud.
After a week, they've just called off the air search for the older man who went missing while flying from Revelstoke to Qualicum Beach.
Of course a lot of this could be explained by my theory. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/4.gif)
It's just not natural for those things to be up there. If man was meant to fly, we would have been given wings. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/verschiedene/a096.gif[/img]