Plymouth man escapes plane ice windscreen crash (My Grandad) - Polidicks

[quote] Plymouth man escapes plane ice windscreen crash [img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48084000/jpg/_48084866_ice_still_online.jpg[/img][img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48085000/jpg/_48085066_ice_herald_2...jpg[/img] Kenneth Hendy with his damaged car Mr Hendy and his daughter had just left the car when the ice block struck [b]A lump of ice, believed to have fallen from a passing plane, has smashed through the windscreen of a car in Devon.[/b] Kenneth Hendy's car was parked near his home in Mount Gould Avenue, Plymouth, when the incident happened. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said ice can gather on aircraft flying at altitude then drop off as the plane descends. Mr Hendy said it was a "miracle" he was not killed. The 71-year-old had just gone into his house after picking up his daughter when the block of ice - about the size of a rugby ball - crashed through the windscreen of his Volvo. [b]'Not common'[/b] A neighbour who witnessed the incident said the noise of the ice hitting the car sounded like a clap of thunder. "If I'd have been there a couple of seconds later it would have killed me," Mr Hendy told BBC News. The CAA said although it was not a particularly common occurrence, it could happen if there has been a leak from a faulty seal or hose. Ice in damaged Volvo The accident has been reported to police The leaking fluid will then freeze at altitude, then thaw and fall from the fuselage as the plane descends into warmer air. Most reports of ice fall come from people who live under the approach paths to major airports. All ice falls should be reported to the CAA, but a spokesperson said it was rare for the authority to be able to link it back to a specific aircraft. She said the advice is not to handle the ice as it could contain hydraulic fluid. Last July a man from Bristol was sitting in his garden when a lump of ice the size of a grapefruit fell from the sky and struck him on the leg. [/quote] Source: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/10323867.stm[/url] Grandad you lucky bastard you almost got iced.

Thank goodness he did not get hurt.

Smashing news. [editline]07:42PM[/editline] Breaking News! [editline]07:42PM[/editline] It's raining piss! [editline]07:42PM[/editline] Shattering Story! [editline]07:42PM[/editline] I bet the mile high club had a smashing time.

[QUOTE=radioactive;22639301]Smashing news. [editline]07:42PM[/editline] Breaking News! [editline]07:42PM[/editline] It's raining piss![/QUOTE] [I]Icy[/I] what you did there.

That would of been a cold case if he got killed.

If he was killed, it would of been a [i]cold case[/i] [editline]07:45PM[/editline] [QUOTE=JDK721;22639331][I]Icy[/I] what you did there.[/QUOTE] :iceburn: [editline]07:48PM[/editline] [img]http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/kostabi/Images/kostabi6-6-22.jpg[/img] Let's get some [i]ice[/i] [editline]07:49PM[/editline] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8BxbdQqMRE[/media] Thread music.

[QUOTE=radioactive;22639345]If he was killed, it would of been a [i]cold case[/i] [editline]07:45PM[/editline] :iceburn: [editline]07:48PM[/editline] [img]http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/kostabi/Images/kostabi6-6-22.jpg[/img] Let's get some [i]ice[/i] [editline]07:49PM[/editline] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8BxbdQqMRE[/media] Thread music.[/QUOTE] Lmao accualy looks like my grandad.

[QUOTE=firstblood;22639492]Lmao.[/QUOTE] [i]Chill out[/i] man, you might lose that ass if you laugh it off too much.

Gramps looks like a convicted pedophile. [editline]06:51PM[/editline] [QUOTE=radioactive;22639510][i]Chill out[/i] man, you might lose that ass if you laugh it off too much.[/QUOTE] Your puns just [i]crack me up.[/i]

[QUOTE=teh pirate;22639515]Gramps looks like a convicted pedophile. [editline]06:51PM[/editline] Your puns just [i]crack me up.[/i][/QUOTE] I [i]froze[/i] with shock. [i]icy[/i] what you have done. You've beaten my at my own game. That's [i]cold[/i] man.

[QUOTE=radioactive;22639566]I [i]froze[/i] with shock. [i]icy[/i] what you have done. You've beaten my at my own game. That's [i]cold[/i] man.[/QUOTE] You're trying too fjard.

I could work for the sun with all these puns, but then they would [i]melt[/i] [editline]07:54PM[/editline] [QUOTE=teh pirate;22639587]You're trying too fjard.[/QUOTE] [i]fjord[/i]-e love of god, learn how to spell.

It'snow problem now that he's alive.

[QUOTE=teh pirate;22639515]Gramps looks like a convicted pedophile.[/quote] Don't all old people look like that.

[QUOTE=radioactive;22639591][i]fjord[/i]-e love of god, learn how to spell.[/QUOTE] If I said "fjord" in that context it wouldn't have made any sense. v:v:v

OP would've been [i]crushed[/i] if his granddad had got hit by it. [editline]07:56PM[/editline] [QUOTE=teh pirate;22639587]You're trying too shard.[/QUOTE] Fix'd

That's really cold of you guys to make puns about something that could of been serious.

[QUOTE=teh pirate;22639656]If I said "fjord" in that context it wouldn't have made any sense. v:v:v[/QUOTE] Chill out and relax all cool. Shoot some piss out of a plane. When some guy's granddad, was in his garden, started seeing piss in plane sight. He found a few little chunks and the press got scared; they said: yo watchin the sky for ice in the air. [editline]07:58PM[/editline] [QUOTE=starpluck;22639696]That's really cold of you guys to make puns about something that could of been serious.[/QUOTE] We're the [i]cool[/i] people. We're [i]cool[/i] like bow ties. [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/20/article-1200883-05C6E1B8000005DC-445_468x698.jpg[/img]

these puns are all terrible

[QUOTE=teh pirate;22639727]these puns are all terrible[/QUOTE] [i]I see[/i], and when did you start seeing this?

Your grandad probably feels like a cool guy for being on the news.

nobody could have [i]precipitated[/i] that.

[QUOTE=teh pirate;22639727]these puns are all terrible[/QUOTE] These puns are all so fucking cold. They're fucking haila terrible.

[QUOTE=Keeshond v2;22639795]shit, that was so close i bet he felt [i]perspiration[/i][/QUOTE] Naa, he was all [i]cool[/i] about it. [editline]08:02PM[/editline] [QUOTE=sloppy_joes;22639813]These puns are all so fucking cold. They're fucking haila terrible.[/QUOTE] N[i]ice[/i] to see someone else is joining the [i]cool[/i] club.

Icecream when this happens to me.

[quote]Kenneth Hendy with his damaged car Mr Hendy and...[/quote] When I read that I thought he named his car Mr Hendy.

He looks like the guy from Breaking Bad

I guess he [i]got ice through his windshield[/i].

[QUOTE=Black-Ice;22640564]I guess he [i]got ice through his windshield[/i].[/QUOTE] That's not a pun.

N[i]ice[/i] escape.