I cannot imagine the thinking that you are about to die with nothing you can do about it in such a quick amount of time.
Glad nobody was seriously hurt.
Rudisha in plane crash
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joecrunner wrote:
I cannot imagine the thinking that you are about to die with nothing you can do about it in such a quick amount of time.
Glad nobody was seriously hurt.BBC have reported it :
Former double Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha was unharmed after a plane he was flying in crash-landed.
The plane - carrying a rotund looking Rudisha and five others - came down in Kajiado county in south-east Kenya on Saturday. Photos show it upside down in a field.
Kenyan Rudisha, 33, described it as a "scary episode".
"All was well close to seven or eight minutes into the flight when the engine of the plane suddenly went quiet," he told the Daily Nation.
"He (the pilot) saw some clear space where he tried to land the plane, but one of its wings hit a tree as the plane started to spin before landing on the rocky field.
"The pilot did an incredible job to keep the plane afloat and stable for long."00 -
Rudisha would be a strong political candidate. Someone doesn't want that to happen.
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suspicious mr mbili wrote:
Rudisha would be a strong political candidate. Someone doesn't want that to happen.
Really? Huh. What are some of his issue positions?
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Kobbs Hessler wrote:
suspicious mr mbili wrote:
Rudisha would be a strong political candidate. Someone doesn't want that to happen.
Really? Huh. What are some of his issue positions?
He is strongly in favor of a 1:40.91 800m. I'm sure most of his countrymen would agree.
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Kobbs Hessler wrote:
suspicious mr mbili wrote:
Rudisha would be a strong political candidate. Someone doesn't want that to happen.
Really? Huh. What are some of his issue positions?
a fair question. i don't know, but maybe influenced by brother colm? point is, he's got positive name recognition and money, both of which he earned himself. he owes no one. he is also maasai, from outside the existing power structure.
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ed.gee wrote:
Looks like a fine aircraft! Hard to fathom! Is that duct tape on one of the wings! Nothing that a few more rolls can't repair!
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The pilot couldn't "Bring It Up" but he managed to "Get It Together" and told David 'James Brown' Rudisha "I Got You". This couldve been "Super Bad".
Seriously: glad Rudisha and the pilot are OK but WTF is the deal with the cape? and the cane in the other photo?
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El Keniano wrote:
Ragnar D wrote:
2x Oly Champ, setting a WR while winning London.
Survives plane crash and 2022 LRC fat shamers who can't seem to escape the toxic OCD lifestyle that defines US distance running.
G.O.A.T.
People here can't imagine anyone living a content life outside of politics.
* Running, not politics.
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Coevett wrote:
joecrunner wrote:
I cannot imagine the thinking that you are about to die with nothing you can do about it in such a quick amount of time.
Glad nobody was seriously hurt.BBC have reported it :
Former double Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha was unharmed after a plane he was flying in crash-landed.
The plane - carrying a rotund looking Rudisha and five others - came down in Kajiado county in south-east Kenya on Saturday. Photos show it upside down in a field.
Kenyan Rudisha, 33, described it as a "scary episode".
"All was well close to seven or eight minutes into the flight when the engine of the plane suddenly went quiet," he told the Daily Nation.
"He (the pilot) saw some clear space where he tried to land the plane, but one of its wings hit a tree as the plane started to spin before landing on the rocky field.
"The pilot did an incredible job to keep the plane afloat and stable for long."The BBC article said everything quoted above except the qualifier “a rotund looking”.
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Kobbs Hessler wrote:
suspicious mr mbili wrote:
Rudisha would be a strong political candidate. Someone doesn't want that to happen.
Really? Huh. What are some of his issue positions?
https://athletics.co.ke/david-rudisha-runs-into-murky-politics/
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There you go. One of his opponents: internal security minister. Party: independent. Again, beholden to no one. Not what existing power likes. I ask myself: why is a rich guy like Rudisha riding in a plane that's got a bum engine, or a car with tires ready to blow out?
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