Teen crawls from fiery crash in Detroit.

[red750]

A teenager crawled from the flaming wreck of a crashed Cessna 210 in Detroit. His parents were killed in the crash, believed to be caused by fuel and undercarriage problems. The plane clipped trees and a power line before hitting the ground Relatives said the pilot had not flown in 10 years, and had only purchased the aircraft last week.

 

Story, video here: https://nypost.com/2018/06/25/teen-survives-fiery-airplane-crash-that-killed-parents/

 

 

[pmccarthy]

Don’t try to save anyone, just stand there making a video.

 

 

[farri]

Absolutely terrible! keep in mind though! these days bystanders are encouraged to do nothing in case they harm themselves or the person they are trying help.

 

This accident has just reminded me of a guy who was an AUF instructor, in his Drifter, back when I was instructing, as I recall it, he purchased a G.A aircraft and crashed it on take-off, on his first flight! he was fatally injured.

 

Frank.

 

 

[red750]

Don’t try to save anyone, just stand there making a video.

One bystander did help, by bashing the door open with a baseball bat so the teenager could tumble out.

 

 

[Callahan]

We've got the same situation in the U.S. regards assisting any type of accident victims. We have attorneys who do nothing but chase ambulances & sue people at the drop of a hat while some take video simply to post it on YouTube.

 

Just a sign of our sad times.

 

 

[old man emu]

The Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) s 57(1) says:

 

A good samaritan does not incur any personal civil liability in respect of any act or omission done or made by the good samaritan in an emergency when assisting a person who is apparently injured or at risk of being injured.

 

A ‘“good samaritan” is a person who, in good faith and without expectation of payment or other reward, comes to the assistance of a person who is apparently injured or at risk of being injured’ (s 56).

 

To be a good Samaritan the person has be

 

1) acting in good faith;

 

2) without expectation of payment or other reward

 

3) to assist a person who is

 

4) apparently injured or at risk of being injured.

 

Nothing in that list says anything about ‘acting within one’s qualifications’. The assertion that a person would ‘forgo protections under the Good Samaritan Act if one goes beyond his or her current certification to deliver first aid’ is quite simply, wrong.

 

 

[Callahan]

Well stated Emu!

 

 

[old man emu]

Well stated Emu!

Ha! I can Cut & Paste with the best of 'em.