Dave Hughes ‘millimeters from death’ in light plane he nearly misses as he flies back from an outback comedy gig – as the latest photo from his Instagram livestream is revealed
Dave “Hughesy” Hughes has spoken of his “harrowing” near-death experience after the light plane he was flying in nearly collided with a bird.
The 52-year-old comedian was the sole passenger on the plane, which departed from Outback South Australia over the weekend.
He was live-streaming the launch for his Instagram followers when suddenly a bird “flew straight into us,” but just missed.
The pilot told Hughes that while it didn’t seem like a big deal, they had just avoided a potentially fatal crash.
‘[It was] Just me and the pilot on the plane, and then I had a chilling moment,” he explained on The Hughesy, Ed and Erin Show Monday.
Dave “Hughesy” Hughes (pictured) has spoken of his “harrowing” near-death experience after the light plane he was flying in nearly collided with a bird
He then played a recording of his live stream, in which he heard “Woah” yell as the bird whizzed past the plane.
“That doesn’t sound good [like] A lot there, but this ‘Woah, a bird’ was me after a bird flew straight at us and missed us by millimeters,” explained Hughes.
“Right after we turned the sound off, the pilot said, ‘Oh, lucky you.’ I said, ‘What do you mean?’ He said, “If that bird had hit us, it might have brought us down.”
“I was millimeters from dying because of a bird in a light aircraft.”
The 2Day FM breakfast show also shared a chilling screenshot from Hughes’ livestream, which showed a control panel on the plane just before the near-miss with the bird.
Hughes told the horrific story Monday on Hughesy, Ed and Erin’s show (left, his co-host Erin Molan). He had been live-streaming the launch for his Instagram followers (right) when suddenly a bird “flew straight into us,” but just missed. The pilot told Hughes that while it didn’t seem like a big deal, they had just avoided a potentially fatal crash
Small plane crashes are becoming a worryingly common occurrence in Australia, with the latest incident taking place at Bankstown Airport on Friday afternoon.
A pilot was revived after suffering cardiac arrest when his plane crashed at Sydney South West Airport and overturned on impact.
The male pilot, in his 60s, was the only one on board and remained trapped in the cockpit for more than an hour.
The pilot went into cardiac arrest after being extricated, but was revived by CPR.
He was taken to Liverpool Hospital in critical condition with injuries to his spine, chest, leg and arm.
Eight fire engines responded to the crash, with crews dealing with a fuel leak as they attempted to extricate the pilot and covering the aircraft with fire retardant foam.
The plane is believed to have traveled in from the Gold Coast and a strong gust of wind may have been responsible for the crash.
Small plane crashes are becoming a worryingly common occurrence in Australia, with the latest incident taking place at Bankstown Airport on Friday afternoon (seen here).