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Saturday, January 27, 2001

Four escape plane crash into a mountain, vicious winds and hypothermia

ŇWith Judy still trapped inside by her seat belt and headset, the plane began lifting 'like a kite' in the fierce winds blasting the bleak mountainside, blowing the wrecked plane towards what they feared was a cliff edge, hidden in the blizzards. Petrol was leaking from the aircraftŐs ruptured fuel tanks, raising the awful specter that the wreckage would explode.Ó"

The Scotsman. "As soon as we helped get Judy out through the window, the plane was blown about 20 meters. It was like a kite. We managed to get out in what seemed like just the nick of time." '

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