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A TRUE AND SELFLESS HERO*** Pictured in the cockpit of his blimp, the brave pilot who saved three passengers before perishing in a ball of flames
by Chaya2010 Posted June 14, 2011
***A TRUE AND SELFLESS HERO*** Pictured in the cockpit of his blimp, the brave pilot who saved three passengers before perishing in a ball of flames

Investigators were today piecing together the last moments before a a Goodyear blimp burst into flames and plunged to earth in a weekend crash in Germany.

The pilot, Michael Nerandzic, 53, was killed but three passengers managed to jump to safety when the airship caught fire as it was coming in to land at the Reichelsheim aerodrome near Friedberg.


When the airship was just two metres from the floor, Mr Nerandzic told his passengers, all journalists, to jump to the ground while he tried to land safely.

But once the three had leapt clear, the sudden loss of weight caused the blimp to soar skywards and burst into flames before crashing to the earth in a chilling echo of the Hindenburg disaster.