‘I’ve got a video – I’ll show ya’: Doctors question trainee pilot when he shows up with ‘blood everywhere, bits falling off’ after Sydney crash
Jake Elven was on his second flying lesson я╗┐with his instructor near the Oaks airstrip when an engine failure caused the plane to fall out of the sky.
я╗┐”Last thing I remember is hitting the first tree which hit the back of the plane and flipped it over,” the 27-year-old told 9News from his hospital bed.
“Then went that way for a while and woke up upside down in the bushes.
“я╗┐Yeah, bit of a rough ride.”я╗┐
Disoriented and bloodied, he whipped out his phone and started filming the fallout.
я╗┐”Second flight in a plane and been in better condition,” Elven said in the video.
His instructor was driven to hospital by his wife who was waiting at the airstrip, while я╗┐Elven made his way to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, where he’s awaiting surgery.
But it wasn’t a smooth entry, with я╗┐hospital staff questioning his story.
“Show up here an hour and a half later, no shoes on, blood everywhere, bits falling off and they almost sent me to the psych ward when I told them I just had a plane crash,” he said.
“They said ‘mate I don’t think so’ and I said no I’ve got a video I’ll show ya.”
The crash hasn’t deterred himя╗┐ and Elven plans to get back up in the air as soon as he has recovered from his injuries.
Elven was meant to buy a seaplane for his company which is why he had been undergoing lessons.я╗┐